Why are spiders more scary than sharks?

[Anomalocaris]

Ever seen the more grisly results from a Brown Recluse spider bite?!? People have lost limbs to those little fuckers. Not to mention spiders whose bite is or can be lethal. Add in the fact that they're small, creepy looking, 8-legged, can (and even like to) hide in small places and you're never more than 5 feet from one.

These are the reasons many people consider them scarier than sharks.

And you can't accidentally swallow sharks in your sleep. If you could, then I'd be scared of sharks

Yes, but sharks can accidentally swallow you in its sleep.

Should digesting something mildly disgusting scare you more than being digested by something toothy?

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With the greatest respect that is rubbish... people are not scared of spiders because of the results from a brown recluse spider bite... people are scared of spiders because of their legs..

But lobsters have more legs than spiders, and fear of lobsters is pretty rare, I think.

Boru

If you take the rubber bands off of the pinchers of a big lobster, Then I bet what's left of your hand will come to fear lobster more than any spider.