Taste the rainbow™️

Coming summer 2027. This time, the rainbow tastes you

Aeria Gloris

I’m pretty sure if I see a surprise lion IRL I would shit myself.

I love spiders, they are interesting and don't freak me out. I love seeing them. One time at a park a little jumping spider shared my drink by running over to get some condensation each time I set it down - it was so cute! Generally speaking I don't want them crawling on me (I will hold pet tarantulas) but just love to see them. Snakes too.

Roaches & palmetto bugs freak me out to an irrational degree though.

We are evolved to detect spiders and snakes very well and to heighten attention when they are detected. That does make it much more likely you will develop a fear response, if, for example, your parents react with fear.

Nothing about this means spiders are inherently gross. You make your world smaller by missing out on deeply interesting and beautiful creatures with this knee-jerk reaction.

I'd rather deal with spiders than humans.

That is interesting. Maybe it’s because, once you’re close enough to see one, there is nothing you can do to avoid the danger a lion poses, so there was no evolutionary pressure selecting for scaredy cats scared of cats.