2006-09-11 08:19:18 · 42 answers · asked by niki 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
I think because they move fast, and they're not cute and furry
2006-09-11 08:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by I ♥ AUG 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
People are afraid of snakes because of they way they look and feel. And they have probably heard terrible stories about snakes. Many people I know are scared of snakes for one reason is that they don't know if the snake is poisonus or not so they kill one if they see one. Many people have phobias of snakes so don't go around making fun of people because there afraid of snakes. Its a very normal thing. I am not one of those people who are afraid of snakes though....I held a six foot Black Rat Snake!
2006-09-11 08:50:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
People are afraid of snakes because they don't like the way they feel or they think the snake is going to bight them!!!
2006-09-14 10:59:54 · answer #3 · answered by Jasmin P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people are afraid of what they do not understand. People don't see that most snakes are truly more afraid of humans than humans are of them. If you understand that snakes are doing it to protect themselves and not out of anger (and if people don't tempt snakes) then there is nothing to fear.
2006-09-11 08:28:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People fear what they do not understand. Simple as that. And snakes are more afraid of people than people are afraid of them.
2006-09-11 13:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by bobby h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The source of the fear comes from prehistoric times when humans lived without fire in Nature. Snakes were the only potential killers that could slip up on our earliest ancestors, even when they slept in trees. Snakes were silent killers and greatly to be feared. That fear has never left most of us. It is imprinted through generations of genetic and cultural progarmming.
2006-09-11 08:23:00 · answer #6 · answered by Isis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
People have an inert fear of what they do not understand. Most people do not know enough about snakes to realize that most species will not hurt you and they are actually quite fun to have around.
2006-09-11 08:29:59 · answer #7 · answered by dainara7 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont know actually.
I mean I think there so neat.
I have a pet snake, it's a python and his name
is "Hiss". He's not agressive at all... and he's
sooo much fun to watch slither through
he's cage. I think people should learn
to like them more.
2006-09-11 10:11:22 · answer #8 · answered by [Pro♥Mom] 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why because i am not afraid of snakes actually i love snakes!
2006-09-12 10:00:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because they're extremely different from us. There's nothing on their body that we can physically identify with, except for maybe eyes, but even those are hard to compare. Their habits are also completely different. And they bite. Which is never good. It's the same with spider and creepy-crawlies. They seem very alien to us.
2006-09-11 08:21:46 · answer #10 · answered by LokiBuff 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Same reason they are afraid of anything else. Involuntary nerve response to specific stimuli triggered by and individuals past experience or perceptions.
2006-09-11 08:22:11 · answer #11 · answered by ~Gate~ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋