Why should most of us hate spiders when we know down how much good they do? Is it perhaps because they somehow seem so alien? After all, what other land creatures on earth have eight legs? What other creatures spin webs of silk in which to catch and wrap their prey to preserve it fo...
6. Why do we need to sleep? 7. Why do some people have a fear of public speaking? 8. Why do we get nervous before important events? 9. Why do some people have a fear of heights? 10. Why do we feel stressed? 11. Why do some people have a fear of spiders? 12. Why do we ...
Researchers believe that humans evolved the fear of spiders, insects, and snakes in order to avoid potentially dangerous encounters with these creatures. After all, many snakes and spiders possess venom that can harm humans. ... Instead our fear of bugs is closely related to the feeling of ...
When it comes to spiders, the idea that they crawl on you when you sleep is a myth. Spiders tend to shy away from humans, and just because you're asleep, doesn't mean they take that as an opportunity to attack. ... If a spider did happen to crawl over you at night,more than l...
Why do aggressive wasps always bother people? This article explores the problem and how to avoid it. Are humans the root of the problem? Read on to find out.
Confirming ourprevious understanding, the study shows that the makeup of clowns tops the list of reasons why people dislike or fear clowns. The makeup hides their emotional signals, so we can’t figure out their true intentions. Our brain reads them as humans, but also signals that ...
"The reason we hate wasps culturally is because we don't understand what they do," says Sumner. "And the reason we don't understand what they do is because there's very little science to show what they do. If we can make people think about wasps the same way they think about bees...
Humans like to work; in most of the world, your work is your identity. And all the work we did was pointless, or seemed so at the time.At best it was practice for real work we might do far in the future, so far that we didn't even know at the time what we were practicing ...
After dealing with overwhelming humidity, scorpions, crabs, bats and spiders in the house, mosquito bites galore, and frightening traffic, I was ready to return to my hermetically sealed American dwelling and recharge. It’s not that I don’t want to travel and see the world in all it’s...
While I’mnot a big fan of spiders, I do not have a problem with snakes. This was a good thing, because upon entry at theBelize Zoo and Tropical Education CenterI was promptly draped with a large snake. No complaints; just glad it wasn’t a tarantula. ...