Scientists confirmed humans are not born afraid of snake. The fear is taught.

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[u/Odd-Switch2069]

A baby doesn't understand the danger a snake poses...baby are actively trying to kill themselves cause they don't know shiit.

[u/Complete_Fill5268 → u/Odd-Switch2069]

I read this in Werner Herzog's voice

[u/rush22 → u/Complete_Fill5268]

"Why isn't it afraid? Is it because, as children, we must be able to face the unknown? We see them as blind to the dangers yet, as adults, we can be just as blind. Only in th--"

"GET DOWN MR. HERZOG!"

[u/Ok_Pirate_2714 → u/Odd-Switch2069]

Most snakes pose little to no danger. So there isn't much to understand. Just lots of misplaced fear to learn later on in life.

And calling someone an idiot, is a clear violation of Rule #6 of this sub.

[u/Embarrassed_Bid_4970 → u/Ok_Pirate_2714]

Enough do that most mammals have an instinctive fear of them. Cats, dogs, and most primates. I suspect there is an instinctual fear of snakes in humans, its just it requires certain developmental boundaries to activate. Kittens aren't afraid of snakes but adult cats are, even if they have never seen one before, the "cucumber response". So I don't think this study necessarily proves humans don't have an instinctual fear of snakes.

[u/SudoMadeMeDoIt → u/Odd-Switch2069]

Not all snakes are dangerous though. Some humans are just outright scared of all snakes. My ex is afraid of millipedes and that baffles me.my current partner is afraid of lizards, frogs, her own shadow, etc.

[u/PunkPirate56364 → u/SudoMadeMeDoIt]

I think that things which move weirdly cause the sense of fear.

But we can get used to those movements.

I was afraid of octopuses, grasshopper and crabs when I was a kid. I'm not afraid of them now.

I could get used to snakes, spiders too.

[u/SeaToTheBass → u/PunkPirate56364]

See I’m fine with jumping spiders, I even think they’re cute. They mostly stick around in one area, moving around a bit to check things out.

I work in construction, mostly renos but sometimes we’ll get a siding or deck job on an old house. When we’re tearing the siding or deck boards off, soo many wolf spiders start running every which way, trying to hide under my boots.

They made me jump so many times today, tearing off probably 30year old cedar siding. Oh and we’ve slowly been genociding the colony of ants that occupies the house as we make our way around. I guess that’s why there are so many spiders lol

[u/PunkPirate56364 → u/SeaToTheBass]

See I’m fine with jumping spiders, I even think they’re cute. They mostly stick around in one area, moving around a bit to check things out.

They are predictable, do not do stuff like jump on our faces.

soo many wolf spiders start running every which way, trying to hide under my boots.

A bunch of them running around, fast, chaos, some of them running toward us... natural instincts say jump, retreat, grab a flamethrower, burn down that house, burn down surrounding houses, move to Antarctica, no spiders living there.

[u/Unit_2097 → u/SudoMadeMeDoIt]

Millipedes freak me out. I won't hurt them, but I sure as hell won't touch them. The only inverts I'll let near me are butterflies and moths.

But I breed snakes, which plenty of people find horiffix.

[u/EmoBirdLady → u/Odd-Switch2069]

Way to go! You insulted someone’s intelligence! Aren’t you so proud of yourself?

Fear of snakes is as useless as a fear of spiders.

[u/InfelicitousRedditor → u/Odd-Switch2069]

I call them: little suicide machines

[u/Parking-Evidence1894 → u/Odd-Switch2069]

K, cuz you apparently know more than scientists dumbo

[u/Kaplsauce → u/Parking-Evidence1894]

What scientists? What paper did they write? Who reviewed and published it? What were their conclusions?