Why are people so scared of snakes, spiders, bugs and creepy crawlies?

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Just as fear may impart an evolutionary advantage by helping us to avoid potential predators, so may disgust, the aversion many of us feel to these crawling and slithering creatures.

 

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I'm opposite. If we are allowed to keep snakes in Singapore, I would be the first in line.

As an Australian, we’re taught to maintain a healthy aversion of all snakes and spiders and assume they’re all dangerous, especially since so many here are venomous

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