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"Spiders"

Do people have like an inert fear of spiders, is it natural to think "argh, kill it" when we see one? I mean, small creatures running about like mice or voles or kittens dont make people weep and flail, but spiders do.

I just saw one on the kitchen floor and stamped the little freak in a voodoo war-dance style, got me thinking, why the hell did I care it was there?

It's a socially learnt thing.

Jesus! That's evil!

They're the big brown ones that live in holes in ground arent they?

I think so.

I used to catch them as a kid then I went after one and I got somesort of shock, which upset me as I was only young. I assume it was a bite from a wolf spider.

They're quite cool because they don't laze around on webs, they make a little web then go out and kill something before bringing it back.

Don't think they hunt in packs though. :)

I had an Usborne book on them as a kid.

You got bitten by a spider?

They kill mosquitos therefore they are my friend, I don't want one to touch me however, not since I got bitten as a kid.

*Scales building*

My spidey sense is tingling, no wait... the syphillis is back. :(

Do people have like an inert fear of spiders, is it natural to think "argh, kill it" when we see one? I mean, small creatures running about like mice or voles or kittens dont make people weep and flail, but spiders do.

I just saw one on the kitchen floor and stamped the little freak in a voodoo war-dance style, got me thinking, why the hell did I care it was there?