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?
In: Biology
It’s an evolutionary trait passed on from our ancestors.
Phobias and inate fears have their purposes. Usually it’s to prolong our own life span.
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