A standard within the industry, Fear of Snakes is truly as common as sliced bread. This likely stems from the idea that a snake can kill you in a wide range of exotic ways including strangulation and injecting you with a toxin so dangerous your entire nervous system can shut down in a matter of minutes. Snakes can also camouflage, climb trees and swim. Other than that, they are exactly the same as a slice of bread.
Coiling Up to Your Fear of Snakes
Though not all snakes can live across every region due to climate concerns vis-a-vis a sufficient lack of rainforests in northern Canada, that does not mean a snake hasn’t already made its’ home in your vegetable garden. You are in the backyard preparing to forage for the meal you will be making that evening. There, hidden among the leaves or buried in the dirt so that only its cold, black eyes remain above the soil, a snake watches you getting closer and closer. So good news: You have a new pet!
A large reason why people Fear snakes is due to their ability to dispose of their skin in exchange for new skin when it’s convenient for them. Or it might have something to do with age or time of year or type. No one knows for sure. Say you’ve finally worked up the courage to attack a snake that you’ve got cornered. After months of it sitting completely motionless in one spot, you make your move and pounce. Bu it turns out it was just its old skin that it left behind. Now the snake is not only somewhere on the prowl, but it’s wearing fancy new skin too!
Shedding Your Fear of Snakes
So many have a Fear of Snakes for good reason. Fortunately, most of the deadly species of snakes have been outlawed in several countries which makes it difficult to accidentally step on one that has been hiding in your shoe. Many of the garden-variety snakes are garter snakes which barely have teeth. Seldom do these creatures attack since they fall under the “they are more afraid of you than you are of them” logic which so often ends with being stuffed in a locker after having your lunch money stolen. Contrary to what we see in poorly constructed movies in pop culture, most snakes only grow to be about 3 inches long. Or 3 feet. Was it feet or meters? Either way, they don’t get very big. Other than the ones that are huge and can swallow you whole.
Oh, and snakes also do that weird tongue-quivering thing that everyone imitates and some snakes take it to the next level by having a rattle on its’ tail. So there’s that too.
