Why Are People Scared of Spiders? | Quick Answer
Channel: Basically Nature
Date: 2020-01-23

I explain the main theories as to why so many humans fear spiders.


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"March of the Spoons" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)


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