I'm not afraid of snakes, I grew up spending a lot of time in a tattoo shop surrounded by all kinds of reptiles and creepy crawlies. I do, oddly enough have a fear of spiders. I try to fight it, and sometimes the rational side wins. But often I run instead. I hate it, it's stupid. I'll freeze up if I try to go closer, I can't move myself closer. Saying that I did have a rose hair tarantula and even held her once. I'm ok if they are behind glass.

I have a couple of thoughts of people being afraid of snakes. One is education. Many people are not exposed to snakes and if they are it's negative. Religion, I don't want to get too much in to it but the bible make snakes out to be evil. Many people honestly think that snakes are satan. Then you have evolution. Most primates are afraid of snakes. There have been studies with captive primates and snakes. The researchers put a fake snake in a paper bag, the chimps I think it was, would reach into the bag looking for food and when they saw the rubber snake they would drop it and run, alarm calling. All the rest would run too. This is seen in wild primates too.

My dr is afraid of snakes, I'm not sure how we got to talking about it. But he wants to learn, he ask a ton of questions and I explain that snakes will not chase after you and attack. That most snakes are harmless and will try to get away from you if they can. He thought that snakes are aggressive and will attack if they see you. I'm not sure if this is a common misconception or not. He's getting better, he wants to learn and is open minded.