Are you afraid of snakes? Are you afraid of spiders? What animals are you afraid or scared of?

Question

Have you ever been bitten by a snake?
What animals do you think is the most dangerous?
What is the difference between a pet and a wild animal?

Answer 1

That's like 5 questions.
Snakes don't bother me, never been bitten by one. Can't stand spiders, I'm 6' tall 225lbs and a spider can send me out of the room screaming like a little girl. Man is the most dangerous animal. A pet thinks it belongs in your living room, subservient to you. A wild animal knows it doesn't.

Answer 2

My boyfriend was bitten accidentally by our snake a few times. Pandora thought he was food cuz he was just handling rats, or whathaveyou. The bite healed up in about 2 days or so. He had itty-bitty, tiny bite marks in his hand. Kinda like papercuts. It surprised him more than hurt him, he said. Our cats cut us much more deeply while playing with us, than the snake can.

Pandora is a 9' columbian red-tailed boa. Her teeth aren't meant to necessarily bite.. they are made to grasp onto her pray and slowly move the creature down her throat. Her teeth are like velcro if you look at them.. all tiny hooks pointed towards the back of her head. First the snake crushes her pray in about 1/2 second flat.. and than swallows it. Her teeth just help the pray stay put and move down, rather than fall out.

I'm only afraid of fish.. the most harmless things on the planet, probably. Don't know where the fear came from. I'm not afraid of spiders, but I don't really want 2352352 crawling on me at the same time. I'd be afraid they'd get into my ears, or in my nose.

The most dangerous animals are any animal that has been abused. Doesn't matter WHAT kind of animal.

A pet is domesticated... a wild animal is not.

Answer 3

Snakes are actually very nice animals to hold, their skin feels very nice against the skin, just get them defanged (any pet store carrying snakes would have them defanged). I've never been bitten by one, no.
The difference between wild and a pet? Thats a matter of opinion. It's possible to have a wild pet; say a person who feeds stray cats by his or her house. The cats come back there for shelter, perhaps even let the person pet them. They're still wild, but they are pets in a sense; the human does take care of them.
Most dangerous animal? Humans, far and away. We're the only animals that habitually drink poison and don't learn from it, we're the only one's that kill things for no reason. As far as non-biped animals, mistreated dogs are the most dangerous. But even then, it's human msitreatment that maltempers the creatures, it isn't their own volition or fault.
Any starving animal is dangerous, but be mindful of the old addage- "If you feed them, they'll come back." A lot of people earn animal's trust, and gain pets from strays by the method. Gratned, you don't want a pet bear id you're not a trained ursologist (bear-person). And even then they're dangerous.

Someone said "dragons, good thing they aren't real." If we want to delve into mythological creatures, I would disagree and say kraken's are scarier for one reason- they exist in the real world. For those who aren't familiar, a kraken is a homungous species of squid.

Oh, and the average person swallows one spider per year while they're asleep. And no, it doesn't have any bad effects on a person, unless they have some pretty bad allergies.

Answer 4

I am not afraid of spiders, snakes, or other outdoor creatures, just often startled by them and the unpredictability of their movement.

I am not really scared are afraid of any particular animals, I just keep a healthy distance from threatening or aggressive animals.

I have not been bitten by a snake.

I think bears in residential areas are very dangerous and any wild animal that is threatened or their young is threatened.

A pet is an animal whose breed has been domesticated over many generations and are cared for as part of the family and not raised for food. For instance, cows are domesticated but are not kept as part of the family rather raised for food and are not pets. Pets can be exotic but are often just a curiosity and not given a good quality of life nor do they serve a family well as pets. For example, sugar gliders are small nocturnal squirrel type pets. They can be held and need a lot of attention but are only active during the night and therefore are an exotic pet but not really served well by being in a family, they sleep all day and need attention at night when most humans sleep. :-)

Answer 5

I've been bitten by my pet ball pythons - just a scratch, a "Get your hand out of my tank!" warning bite. So, I have no problems with snakes. I do however have a major arachnophobia problem! If I'm surprised by a big spider I'll feel sick to my stomach, along with being totally freaked out.

If you are comparing all spiders species with all snake species, there are more deadly snakes out there to worry about than deadly spiders.

The difference between a pet and a wild animal is that a pet is totally domesticated and so mentally changed and warped from the wild creature he used to be, he couldn't survive in the wild - excluding feral dogs and cats, but they just struggle to survive. A pet is also totally dependent on its human caretaker for survival - i.e. goldfish in a tank. However a goldfish does quite nicely if dumped in a lake.

Answer 6

Dragons are the most dangerous, good thing they aren't real.
Ok, for real, starving wolves or mountain lions are the most dangerous
I have a pet snake and I'm not afraid of any animals. But ravens, vultures and other carrion fowl do unnerve me a little. Whenever I see one I can't help but think what they do on battlefields.

The difference between a pet and a wild animal is that one is kept in the house or yard and is fed by Man and the other lives on it's own.

Answer 7

I am terrified of spiders...snakes don't bug me but I did get bit by a baby rattlesnake (and a baby is worse because they can't control how much venom they release) on the ankle...the ER said they would have to keep me for observation...they observed my ankle get the size of a volleyball, no painkillers, nothing..SO I left and called a vet and he told me exactly what to do for it...antibiotics, benadryl etc. I don't know if that is how you take care of a snake bite, but it worked for me.
I think the most dangerous domestic animal is a dairy bull or a hog...a hog will kill and eat anything it catches and that includes people.
The difference between a domesticated animal and a wild one is thousand's of years working with and being close to human beings.

Answer 8

Do I get all the points if I answer ALL the questions??? *LOL*

I'm not afraid of snakes unless they're the poisonous kind.
I am DEATHLY afraid of spiders of any kind.
I'm a little afraid of rats, unless they're the "tame" kind.
I'm a little afraid of coyotes.
I haven't encountered toooooo many wild critters so I can't honestly say which ones I might be afraid of.
Spiders freak me out the most because they can be ANYWHERE at ANYTIME with NO WARNING -- including floating in mid-air.
A pet is cared for by a human. A wild animal survives on its own.

Answer 9

No, not afraid of snakes, I am sort of afraid of spiders.. I don't go crazy if I see one, but if one lands on me or I walk into one, I get goosebumps. eww. Oh... and Beetles(june bugs), I hate them! They fly around and land on ya and they make this pinging sound when they hit, and they get stuck in my hair. I will run away screaming flipping my hair every which way to get them off. lol

Not really afraid of any animals.

Yes, I have been bitten by snakes, but they were baby ball pythons,so it didn't hurt and wasn't a big deal.
The most dangerous?.. to many to list here.

The difference.. I guess that depends on who you ask. To me, a pet is an animal that you are comfortable having in your home and are able to properly care for. For me that is dogs, cats, snakes, hamsters,lizards. To someone else, it may be tigers, monkeys, etc.

Answer 10

I am terrified of snakes, my husband is terrified of spiders. Never been bitten by either. Most dangerous animal I would say would be one of the big cats, a lion or tiger. I wouldn't want to come face to face with one of those unless there was a big cage or fence between us.