Why 99% Of Humans Are So Terrified Of Spiders

Why are people so scared of spiders. Is it because of their poisonous bites? The way they look? Or are we just born with the fear of these weird insects?
They’re creepy. They’re crawly. They freak out your little sister. And, more likely than not, they are completely harmless. What are we talkin about? It’s that little buddy of yours that’s lurking near the ceiling in your garage. That’s right Brainiacs. We are talkin about spiders, specifically, why there is this widespread irrational fear that many of us have. You all know what I’m talkin about! It’s the blood curdling shriek you hear while you’re downstairs, reading a book, all because your mom saw a spider in the bathroom. So sit tight Brainiacs, because we are going to dissect this fear, and talk about why so many people have it!

[-mushroom]

That feeling when you see a spider and look away for a moment and it’s gone. Just happened to me, I’m terrified now

[makvala]

I don't even scream when I see a spider, I just step back and freeze, then try to sneak out of the room without it seeing me

[AnkitSharma-nfqm]

*Brainaic* - *They are completely harmless*

*Australians and Australian spiders* - *Am I a joke to you*

[urbanhawk]

I can't even look at a spider without freaking out. Even the animated ones in this video made my skin cruel.

[yeletz__gacha]

Brainiac: Spiders aren’t deadly

Australia: *Well yes, but actually no.*

[KeleCanberra]

Ummm I live in South Africa... and I’ve never heard or seen anyone eating spiders. We don’t like Spiders

[camerong]

I literally have to watch an explanation as animation because I'm terrified of even a photo ugh 🤦‍♀️

[biddylaw]

i think im gonna need to take therapy after this video...

[itsandyme]

I'm so glad to be in the 1%. I love peoples reactions when I grab and handle a spider.

[wiseecostove]

My sister is scared of spiders and I laugh when she screames😂😂😂😂 but I always zip my mouth when I see one🤐🤐🤐🤐

[yiikesbrendengaming]

i get anxiety, PTSD, hyperventilate once i even got paralyzed when i saw a big hairy one my arachnophobia is unstable

[cliffmathew]

I have thought about it -- and my theory is that we have no clue which way they are going to move as they are pointing in 8 directions, and that is quite scary.

[werewolf]

My fear of spiders came about like a light switch. One minute I had no fear of spiders....the next....I was looking at some simple and small pictures of spiders in a book (which I did many times before with no problem) and all of a sudden I panicked and tossed the book away from me. Ever since I've been afraid of spiders. Even pictures of spiders.

[monilizevandermerwe]

Braniac - “In South Africa they eat spiders”

South Africans - “ Born, raised and still living in South Africa and never have I ever heard of anyone eating spiders in my country. A bit misleading to say the least. These fact based American channels always make it sound as if we live on another planet. Get your ducks in a row ;)

[leechid]

When I see a spider I kind of have a mini spasm over my whole body

[blondon]

The worst thing is when you are the only person in a room not scared of spiders and all of the arachnophobes are simultaneously screaming in fear and pleading for you not to kill it

[djghostface]

Did you ever consider that maybe the reason so little people die from spider bites is because so many people are terrified to the point where they won’t even go near a spider when they see one?

[AdonanS]

Give the person who did the screaming a raise.

[maxximum.effort]

Fun Fact: There's a 2 big spiders and 1 small one in my electric motorcycle yesterday.

I was trying to fix the wirings and suddenly, the big one crawl on my hand when I was reaching for the wire inside of the e-moto then I jumped and saw another big one on the other side.i saw the small one under my top box because I was examining it if there was others. Until today, I can't ride it because I'm waiting for my wife to thoroughly clean it all up before I fix it. I'm so fucked up. My knees feels heavy knowing that there are spiders inside of that and big one crawled on my hand. HELP.

[idk._sethh]

One time I had a nightmare that I saw a giant hairy spider the size of my freaking bed on the wall. I woke up damped in sweat with my whole body shaking. I’ve had arachnophobia ever since. And that nightmare came out of nowhere and I have no idea why I got it