Submitted by psychoxxsurfer t3_z7n4uk in Showerthoughts
Brandon432 t1_iy9a7pu wrote
Reply to comment by MansfromDaVinci in Spiders were probably an absolute nightmare to early mammals. by psychoxxsurfer
Kind of doubt that. With just as many sources as you have provided, I imagine our instinctive fear of spiders comes from some evolutionary factors.
MansfromDaVinci t1_iyanj71 wrote
perhaps a more recent thing, like our fear of snakes. Big, clearly dangerous animals, with pointy teeth, like wolves and bears, we're just afraid of on principle. Wee venomous things, like snakes and spiders, prehaps we needed an instinctive fear of.
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