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Ophidiophobia

  • Fear of snakes

Nature

Ophidiophobia is the irrational fear of snakes, but it is sometimes called by a more general term, herpetophobia – the fear of reptiles.

Claim

Phobias related to reptiles and snakes, specifically, may have been developed by our ancestors as a survival mechanism.

Broader

Phobia
Presentable

Aggravated by

Snakebite
Unpresentable

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Biological classification
N/A
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
D7NID
240577
Last update
Apr 17, 2022