My grandmother is that way about frogs and toads. For some reason she has no problem with the massive black snakes that live all over her property. Smynx is KIND of the same way - if it has legs she doesnt want to have anything to do with it.

Weirdest thing though was not about the snakes directly but about "snake doctors" which is what she always called dragonflies - it stuck and I grew up refering to them that way - as a kid I always wondered how they took care of the snakes but figured it was handy since they could fly right in and hover where they needed to work. Even after outgrowing that idea I still think "snakedoctor" anytime I see a dragonfly.


Other than that - there are still some folks that live down in her extremely rural area who might still beleive the warning they gave me as a small child - namely that "they'll sting you with their tails too"