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Ophidiophobia (/ ə ˌ f ɪ d i oʊ ˈ f oʊ b i ə /), or ophiophobia (/ ˌ oʊ f i oʊ ˈ f oʊ b i ə /), is fear of snakes. It is sometimes called by the more general term herpetophobia, fear of reptiles. The word comes from the Greek words "ophis" (ὄφις), snake, and "phobia" (φοβία) meaning fear. [1]
Herpetophobia [1] is a common specific phobia, which consists of fear or aversion to reptiles, commonly lizards and snakes, and similar vertebrates as amphibians.It is one of the most diffused [2] animal phobias, very similar and related to ophidiophobia.
The snake detection theory, [1] [2] [3] also sometimes called the snake detection hypothesis, suggests that snakes have contributed to the evolution of primates' visual system. According to the theory, predatory pressure from snakes has selected individuals who are better able to recognize them, improving their survival chances and therefore ...
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Geoff Cole and Arnold Wilkins believe the reaction is an "unconscious [sic] reflex reaction" based on a biological revulsion, rather than a learned cultural fear. [8] Various venomous animals (for example, certain types of snakes, insects, and spiders) have visual characteristics similar to trypophobic imagery.
Rattlesnakes are venomous snakes that form the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus [1] of the subfamily Crotalinae (the pit vipers). All rattlesnakes are vipers.Rattlesnakes are predators that live in a wide array of habitats, hunting small animals such as birds and rodents.
Mammals living in the African savannah are far more afraid of hearing a human voice than a lion’s growl, according to a new study that may lead to better strategies to steer animals away from ...
Snake Yoga class can “help individuals overcome the fear of snakes through breath,” Tess Cao tells PEOPLE via email. She and her husband Huy Cao own and operate the yoga studio with a twist ...