Spiders are mostly harmless, yet they often trigger high levels of both fear and disgust, and arachnophobia (the phobia of spiders) ranks among the most common specific animal phobias. To investigate this apparent paradox, we turned to the only close relatives of spiders that pose a real danger...
they remain extremely rare events (e.g. a cross-continental average of 24.1 attacks and 3.9 fatalities per year during the last decade, all species pooled;Fig. 1). Other wildlife (bees and mosquitos, spiders, snails, snakes and ungulates...
Due to the spelling of his name, his first and last names were always being confused by others, and he became known as "Joseph." Joseph age 3 Beginning around the age of three, Rhawn Gabriel Joseph developed a fascination for birds, salamanders, tadpoles, caterpillars, and especially sand...
Disorders Mood disorders like SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) and sleep disorders, to name a few. Jet lag, sleep phase deprivation, shift work disorders, to name a few. Awareness Most people are not aware of this ‘master clock’ and do not benefit from an awareness of the biological rhyt...
Etymology: The name‘gadabouti’refers to the new species ubiquity; from Eng. ‘gadabout’: someone who restlessly moves from place to place seeking amusement or the companionship of others. Type depositories: Holotype (M50/4 (+ 6 paratypes (3 animals + 2 exuvium + 1 simplex...
Fear of Spiders Makes Them Look BiggerJason G. Goldman
The plants and animals encountered on the five-year voyage of the 'Beagle' provided the foundation for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
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Images in the control group were obtained from the internet (a complete description of each image is presented in Supplementary Material1) and consist of 28 images such as snakes, spiders, degraded nature that could be of low valence and high alert, as already described for some images at IAP...