Duh, it has the wrong number of legs. Eight legs and zero are perfect numbers and four is incorrect, and therefore, scary! How do you idiots without so-called "OCD" make sense of the world?

I'm not afraid of anything on solid land, but show me fish, sea creatures anything that has no legs and I am out. Irrational maybe, but why do you have to eat them, or keep at home as pets.

LOL My daughters are just the opposite no problem picking up little furry creatures but both scream when they see snakes or spiders or bugs in general 🤦‍♂️

Yep, that’s how phobias work. While at work, I’m the resident spider catcher. But the time I saw a mouse, I screamed so loud the entire department heard.

To be fair, spiders don't carry plague fleas. Seems reasonable.