Arachnophobia

[spike.t]

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Spiders, mosquitoes and everything else falls to this nerve agent. Can even be used to freshen up Warthogs.

Well @roverandbrew loves that stuff.....made the mistake of hosing his tent down as he went to bed....surprised he woke up

 

[JG26Irish_2]

My wife always says, "You are never more than 3ft away from a spider, no matter where you are." Not a comforting thought for an Arachnaphobic person. I am not that put off by spiders anymore. As a teen, I would squirrel hunt the Eastern woods and you cannot go more than three or four steps without having a spider web hit you in the face early in the mornings on the wooded trails near my home. After a while, you just get used to having them crawling on your face and arms. Most spider bites are no worse than a mosquito bite but do learn which ones to avoid.

The thatch roofs on the cabins at my PH's main lodge had to be filled with spiders but I still slept well.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

As a child, I was terrified of spiders. Then, my father told me “Son, never be afraid of something you can kill”. After I started killing them by stomping on them or hitting them with things, the fear soon vanished by the time I turned 12.

 

[Firebird]

Not afraid of them, hate them all equally!
This one was living in a pipe in my dogs kennels-

 

[JimP]

When I was working in southern Utah we would have black widow/scorpion fights.

The scorpion always won, it would hold the black widow off with it's pinches and then sting it.

So even scorpions didn't like spiders.

 

[Sideshow]

Well @roverandbrew loves that stuff.....made the mistake of hosing his tent down as he went to bed....surprised he woke up

Try explaining that one to the local police @spike.t

 

[farmer_john]

Try explaining that one to the local police @spike.t

I think thats called lion bait at that point

 

[Sideshow]

I think thats called lion bait at that point

Lion found impersonating dead fly after eating bait what would cecil say?

 

[farmer_john]

Lion found impersonating dead fly after eating bait what would cecil say?

Cecil would still be kicking if he messed with hunters that OD on bug spray lol...

 

[atrious]

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Spiders, mosquitoes and everything else falls to this nerve agent. Can even be used to freshen up Warthogs.

odorless takes care of it all.

 

[Vashper]

I talked to my daughter, she's a certified psychotherapist. She believes that this is exactly the case when it is necessary to consult a psychotherapist, and one session is enough for cognitive-behavioral correction (if they offer more, this is already a scam). You won't love spiders, them, and snakes, no one loves, not just primates. Even dogs bark at photo stands, apparently a genetic memory. But you will be calmer. Although in some indigenous cultures, spiders are almost positive characters, such as Ananzi, or Spiderman.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Curiously, arachnophobia, like fear of snakes, is an acquired syndrome. It's been proven that infants and toddlers who left unattended can actually play with snakes and spiders, but then very early on develop an inate fear of them. Why? Apparently it has to do with locomotion. Once a child starts to walk, he/she begins to associate all things natural moving about on land with two or four legs. Snakes and spiders don't and our natural cautionary survival instinct to fear the unknown takes over. I think speed also has something to do with it. Children don't learn to fear worms or caterpillars like they do snakes because neither move very quickly.

I don't like snakes or spiders or homosexual behavior. But I don't allow myself to be ruled by evolutionary animal instincts. Because I'm better than that.