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To: PatrickHenry
Somewhere, I've read that chimps show an inherent, unlearned fear of snakes. Fits in, if so.
7 posted on 07/20/2006 7:05:39 AM PDT by VadeRetro (Faster than a speeding building; able to leap tall bullets at a single bound!)
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To: VadeRetro

Not true. Ophiophobia is an acquired trait in primates and mice tossed into a snake cage show no apparent fear of the snake.


31 posted on 07/20/2006 7:41:45 AM PDT by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: VadeRetro
YEC "snake charmers" seem to have evolved beyond this evolutionary setback. To us the earth is flat which makes it easy for us to just reach out and grab those little buggers.
56 posted on 07/20/2006 8:10:57 AM PDT by bondserv (God governs our universe and has seen fit to offer us a pardon. †)
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To: VadeRetro
Somewhere, I've read that chimps show an inherent, unlearned fear of snakes. Fits in, if so.

Not to mention mushrooms.

Babies do not have fears of snakes and spiders. These fears reach their peak about age three, when kids are likely to wander away from their parents.

80 posted on 07/20/2006 9:18:19 AM PDT by js1138 (Well I say there are some things we don't want to know! Important things!")
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