How to Face Your Fear of Snakes
The fear of snakes goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden and is a very deep phobia for many people. Overcoming the fear of snakes is a challenge because there are dangerous snakes that you should fear. The key to facing your phobia is information. This article will show you how to face this fear.
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The fear of snakes is in large part due to false information about them. No other reptile is more misunderstood and it is a shame as these reptiles are very valuable to us. The first step to overcoming a fear of snakes is to inform yourself.
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Snakes are generally not aggressive creatures towards humans. A snake would much rather run and hide and will do so if you give them the slightest opportunity. There are very few exceptions to this rule. Some snakes are very territorial when it comes to their homes, but they still want to avoid you. As long as you do not corner them, they generally will avoid you at all costs.
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Snakes are not all dangerous. In the United States, there are four venomous snakes that are harmful to humans; the cottonmouth, the rattlesnake, the copperhead, and the coral snake. Outside of these four reptiles there are only biters in the United States. A snake bite generally is harmless unless it gets infected. Seek proper medical treatment in the event of a bite, but do not think that all snakes are going to kill you.. Even the venomous snakes listed above will often not kill you if you get medical treatment right away.
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Snakes are actually very beneficial creatures to us as a society. If it were not for snakes, we would be overcome by rats, mice and vermin. This would lead to an ecological breakdown. Snakes are not wanting to waste their bites on us as we are not on the food menu for snakes. They want to save bites for animals that they can eat.
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Snakes are not slimy as they are portrayed. They actually are dry and scaly. Holding a snake is actually a very liberating experience and there are a number of species that one may hold with no fear of being hurt. Corn snakes, ball pythons, some king snakes and a number of others are pets in people's homes across the country. They are harmless, beautiful creatures.
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Finally, keep in mind that snakes will only bite you if you happen upon them and threaten them in some way. Sometimes this threat is accidental and sometimes it is us humans poking around with it. Fearing a snake is silly when you consider that being bitten by a snake is something we likely bring on ourselves most of the time. As long as you watch where you walk outside, do not lift up rocks and logs haphazardly and do not mess around with snakes when you come across them, there is nothing to fear.
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Tips & Warnings
Go to the local zoo and have them let you handle a harmless species.
Do not mess around with a wild snake.
Inform yourself and you will see that they are quite beautiful.
Remember that you are not on the food chain.
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thanks for this trying to help my girlfriend face her fears of snakes and spiders.
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johnboy152
May 31, 2010
I pick up black rat snakes and garter snakes quite frequently and remove them from my property. It stops my wife from screaming uncontrollably. They eventually return looking for mice, moles, birds, baby rabbits, chipmunks, insects, etc. Water snakes are hard to catch, so I leave them alone...
