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Is arachnophobia rational?
There are thousands of species of spider and hardly any of them are deadly to humans. So, why do many people have such a strong fear of spiders?
Could this be related in any way to the region in which humans originally evolved?
Does anyone happen to know if there are lethal species of spider in the apropriate parts of Africa?
The same question also applies to snakes. In England at least, you're more likely to die from a lightening strike than a snake bite (I think snakes killed about one person in the last centuary) - so again, why do people have such strong
snake phobias?
Why not a phobia for lions or mosquitoes?
Could this be related in any way to the region in which humans originally evolved?
Does anyone happen to know if there are lethal species of spider in the apropriate parts of Africa?
The same question also applies to snakes. In England at least, you're more likely to die from a lightening strike than a snake bite (I think snakes killed about one person in the last centuary) - so again, why do people have such strong
snake phobias?
Why not a phobia for lions or mosquitoes?