I was reading the post from Charlie in which he had a bad reaction to holding a scorpion and it brought to mind something I read about Arachnophobia not too long ago...it seems that it has been hypothesized that the Human animal has a pre-programmed fear of the very shape ( ! ) of a spider or scorpion and that in many people (unfortunate souls...) it elicits an instinctive gut level panic reaction when confronted with a spider for instance...a deep primeval fear stemming from millions of years ago when there were probably many more types of spiders and scorpions existant and they were lethally venomous as well..I find this to be fascinating because you have weirdos like me that have loved spiders since they were kids...when I was about 5 years old I had a huge collection of true spiders in glass jars ( about 50 of them!!) on our kitchen table...my mother actually used to help me catch them - following me into garages and other spooky places in my mad quest for a new spider.I had no idea at the time that there was any such thing as a "Tarantula" or I would have certainly lost my young mind in joy..and my mother did not bring it up either...heeheehee..anyhow...I think there must be some neurological circuitry missing in us spider lovers...we are somewhat oddly different from the masses of humanity.....
:? The Evil Spider Hunter
:? The Evil Spider Hunter