Animals and Us

The psychology of human-animal interactions.

by Hal Herzog, Ph.D.

Your Worst Animal Nightmare

By Hal Herzog, Ph.D. on January 10, 2012 in Animals and Us

Fear of snakes is the most common animal phobia. As I learned on a recent vacation in south Florida, several new studies show that giant snakes not only kill people, but they may be headed your way... Read More

Thanks Hal!

Submitted by Kelly Cash on January 10, 2012 - 4:16pm.

I laughed so hard over this part today =>(Freud would have loved Brittany Spears' stage act which featured a bump and grind with a stunning seven foot albino Burmese.)

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Brittany

Submitted by Hal Herzog on January 10, 2012 - 7:32pm.

Kelly -
Rumor has it that Brittany actually hated having to dance with the snake.
Hal

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Freud

Submitted by Kelly Cash on January 11, 2012 - 7:44am.

Hal-
Rumor has it that Freud actually loved having to dance with the snake. ;-)
Kelly

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There are many people in

Submitted by Michael on March 25, 2012 - 4:48am.

There are many people in Florida who has a Burmese python as a pet but I really can't understand why do you need to keep a venomous snake as a pet as it can be harmful to you and your family. There are many kinds of Florida snakes that can be found throughout the state as a pet in many homes but some of these home owner let these snakes go when they got big and they could not handle them properly. The problem is when they release these snakes, it can go anywhere and can be a threat to other species including humans. I am certainly not a fan of having a snake as a pet but the number of people who want to have such snakes as a pet is increasing with every passing day.

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Hal Herzog, Ph.D. is the author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard To Think Straight About Animals. He is Professor of Psychology at Western Carolina University.

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