Genuine Puzzles In Biology?

True to a point. If a person associates the outcome from the bites, he might develop a phobia to it, on the other hand I can say for myself it wasn't. I was not arachnophobic before I was bitten by a black Widow, and other that 3 days of agony, there were no other effects and I still am not arachnophobic, 41 years later.

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008

A lot of it is how they were brought up.For example, I am a seafood freak. Such things as clams, oysters, crab, lobster etc. The two that freak some people out are squid & octopus. To others escargot (snails). While I was statioed in Korea, I used to eat in a number of small semi-outdoor restaurants. I was enjoying a meal of squid in a chililike sauce when 2 GIs walked by. One looked at what I was eating and nearly puked.

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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008