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ITT: Spiders

Why are they so creepy? They're not particularly larger or neccessarily more dangerous than most terrestrial arthropods, but something about them just drives people up the wall. I myself could be perfectly find handling a praying mantis, a creature more than capable of tearing up my hands pretty badly if it wanted to, but even the tiniest spider will send shivers up my spine and drive me away from its location. Is it just a quirk of human psychology, or something far more sinister?
>> Anonymous
i got those very spiders in my bedroom, they usually come out after i put out the lights, and if i turn on the light again i can see them on the walls
>> Anonymous
humans are generally less afraid of things that more closely resemble humans
>> Gunlord !.YMO7aNBcQ
A variety of reasons I could think of, some cultural, some based off of evolutionary biology. One explanation I heard was that when the ancestors of humanity were evolving in Africa, they had to contend with rather dangerous spiders/ancestral spiders, which resulted in an inherent revulsion towards spiders particularly being passed on to their descendants. I can't provide a citation, that's just off of my memory (though I could look if you really want) but that's one explanation I've heard.
>> Gehirn
Human fear of spiders is natural selection at work. Because spiders have a potentially lethal or debilitating bite, some pre-human mammal ancestor of ours a long damn time ago developed a psychological fear of spiders. Creatures that stayed away from spiders because they were scared of them were more likely to survive than creatures that walked up and started trying to eat or poke them.

This is also the reason that we're naturally afraid of other potentially dangerous animals (snakes, etc.) or situations (dark, heights, cramped spaces).
>> Anonymous
Cause their legs are fucking long and gross!
>> Anonymous
>>157378
What he/she said.

(in b4 THERE ARE NO WEMANZ ON TEH INTERNETZ)
>> Anonymous
>>157378

This, but I'd also have to add I think it's something to do with how they move in such a fast and alien way.
>> Anonymous
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Some spiders are cute and snuggly
>> Anonymous
peidpalps are for fags
>> Gunlord !.YMO7aNBcQ
>>157642
pedopalps
>> Anonymous
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>>157665
paedopalps