Why are so many humans (myself included) afraid of spiders? Arachnophobia consistently lands in the top 10 most-common phobias. Why? Especially when there aren’t *that* many deadly species of them? Why spiders over other animals?
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*Most* spiders may not be dangerous, but your first run-in with the few that are could be your last. And a black widow is not going to care that you didn’t see it hiding in your shoe.
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