Why do we fear spiders, and scorpions even though they stand no chance against us, and would lose 9/10 times. ( Unless they crawl up you’re leg…. then GG ).
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Scorpions are venomous and can cause severe pain. Some can even cause death. We have learned to fear venomous things like wasps, spiders, scorpions, snakes, etc because they are potentially life threatening.
Other small animals such as rats are feared because they often carry disease. Some of which are potentially fatal to humans.
In both kinds of cases we as societies developed cultural fears of these things as those that did fear them and so avoided or eradicated them lived longer and had more children.
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