Snakes were portrayed as evil by the modern dominating religion ie. eve and the serpent.
before that time snakes were considered great oracles of the delphians and grecian beliefs. in egypt they were considered the greatest of healers and their venom was harvested for medicine there over 5 thousand years bc.
people have been afraid of snakes evil for over 2000 years, and thats alot of social conditioning to overcome for joe public.
also the fact that some of them are venomous and can kill you heheh
Not starting a religious war, merely stating historical evidence
education is the key here
how come so many people hate snakes i mean there is all of us who don't but so many people do. i got to a boarding school and allt he country people talk about how they shoot them and crap why
There was a story in my local paper last month about 2 kids whose dog found a snake in their backyard and the kids killed it with a shovel to the head. They were praised by the newspaper as heroes for saving their dog's life.
In the next edition the paper had to apologise for making the kids look like heroes because they had so many complaints about the killing of the poor snake and people were calling for the kids to be charged with killing a protected species.
I must say I was pleasantly surprised.
Anything that keeps the mother-in-law away can only be a good thing....
education is the key here
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