I am genuinely afraid of snakes, though fortunately not as badly as some. I can tolerate pictures of them, but I can't say I enjoy looking at snake pictures. I especially do not like watching snake videos because I do not like how they move. Snakes have always creeped me out. As a child, I was told about rattle snakes being poisonous and after that there was no way to truly convince me that all snakes weren't at least somewhat poisonous until I was nearly an adult. I used to flee from even a small garter snake. I am more educated about them now, but I still would probably jump and back away from a snake if I saw one again. I don't mind people having some small snakes as pets, but I do really have a problem with constrictors. I know of too many incidents where one of those was a family pet, then later harmed another pet or even a family member.
