Quote Originally Posted by Skoalbasher View Post
Uhh, it's not the fear of snakes that just happens. When you are born, you don't know what a snake is. Their probably just scared of the unknown.
You are correct, you dont know what a snake is when you are born. It has been shown however that there is an innate fear of snakes in infants, infants see plenty of things that are unknown to them, and these things dont elicit the response that a snake does. It is not about knowing what it is, this fear is in our genes from tens of thousands of years of living side-by side with snakes. It isnt a matter of knowing its an instinct. does that make more sense?