You know...I 'try' to be cool with snakes. I even got up the nerve to pet a Cali King Snake a man had at the pet shop one time..(it was velvety feeling), but my one true phobia is snakes.
Whether it is a tiny garden snake or a huge exotic snake, I have the same reaction. Chills, goose bumps, a deep fear in the pit of my stomach not unlike an anxiety attack...and it is all I can do just to contain myself from acting like a big idiot.
I am cool with lizards, fish, spiders, mice and all the fur variety of pets. I don't know where this snake fear started but I have had it all my life.
However- not to slight the snakes. I do appreciate that some folks really love them and make good keepers. I am not saying snakes are bad...I'm just freaked out by them.
P.S. I have an irrational fear of slugs and leaches too. I know that makes no sense...I would hope I could run faster than a slug. hahahabut I have actually had nightmares about these things. I am pretty sure my older brother created that slug fear when I was a kid though.
I seem to remember him flicking one at me with a stick on more than one occasion just to watch me scream.
Any other animal/reptile phobias around here? Please tell me I am not the only weenie.
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