What percentage of people are absolutley not afraid of snakes spiders etc.

I reeely like spiders and snakes, and dangerous critters in general. But that doesn’t mean I’m happy to have a venomous spider (for example) in my yard or home (unless I’m absolutely sure it can’t get out of its cage.

Does that make sense to you? I have no idea of the percentage.

Spiders and snakes don’t bother me much unless I’m surprised by them. It’s probably a higher percentage than you would think

Not a fan of snakes. But totally fine with spiders.

Spiders tend to find their way into my bathtub. I don’t mind. They are just trying to get by. I assume the are looking for warmth or water and I am cool with that. I just move them to the sink on a piece of paper into my sink when I shower. And when I am done I move them back.

Probably the same number of people on the planet that regularly eat both.

Probably the same percentage that die from snake or spider bites.

I love spiders. I owned a snake for about 5 years.

I used to work in an emergency veterinary hospital. We usually just dealt with cats, and dogs, but we also did lots of work with DNR, and were a drop off point for injured wildlife. We actually had to do surgery on snakes a lot. People put golf balls in old bird’s nests to kill snakes. The snake would think they were eggs, and eat them. So, people would bring them in if found, and we would remove the golf ball, and eventually turn them over to a rehab facility. I also did lots of relocation of the abundant Copperheads from the area by the hospital used for dog walking.

I’m not a fan of gators, but I fish along side them in my canoe all the time. I also see my share of Cotton mouths in the water. They leave me alone, and I don’t bother them. They will actually get mad if you mess with them, and try to attack you. They’re very dangerous. We also have some Eastern Diamond Back rattle snakes. They usually give you a warning, and let you back off. But they are scary when provoked.

I really just love almost all animals, and insects.

Nobody would go out and look for a rattle snake, or a cobra or other highly venomous snake to “play” with. They may study them but they wouldn’t play with them.

My son has no fear of spiders and snakes. He loves them. He used to have two boas, a tarantula and a bunch of different kinds of lizards. His garage was like a zoo. He’s now down to two lizards.

Thanks all. I made an error re. “rattle“snakes. I was thinking of one of the non pisonous snake that people talk about, (they used to play with and scare others with when the were kids.
So, imagine someone saying to you you’re a freak of nature because you’re not scared of sankes and spiders etc.

I would just laugh at them. At Rick’s last family reunion a little old spider appeared on his grown daughter’s shirt. She just freaked OUT, started screaming and flailing. It hit the ground and started crawling toward me. “Look out, Dutchess!!!!”
I laughed and said, “What’s he going to do to me?!”

^Yeah. The vast majority of spiders are incapable of hurting a person.

So, because so many people are not afraid of snakes etc. even if people work hard to make them be scared it means it’s not in the DNA of humans to be scared, right?

I think I could replace the word “scared, ” with “respect,” in this case.

I’m not ridiculously afraid of these creatures.

I do respect their power, and give them room, when around them.

Well, that depends on the type of snake or spider, too @MrGrimm888.

^Indeed. But one would be wise to give them a little room. Even experts wrongly identify some species…

There are only two venomous spiders around here, the brown recluse and the black widow. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a black widow. When I see a brown recluse I kill it. The rest I leave alone (or rescue) so they can do insect control in my house.
I don’t care for snakes, but my son loves them. He gets called in to catch snakes that have made their way to resident’s rooms (he does maintenance at a retirement compound.) He just goes in and grabs them and pets them and loves them and releases them in the woods!
The only snake around here that I’m concerned with are copper heads. I used to think there were no water moccasins around here, but my sister was bitten by one back in the mid-70’s so yeah. We have water moccasins too.
The rest are harmless but they creep me out.

Yeah. Copper Heads are the biggest problem where I live. I usually sweep them into a 5 gallon bucket, cover it and take it a few miles away…

They don’t really bother me. My son loves ‘em!
It’s understandable that they bother some people. Some can be deadly.