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	btmbr10.txt
		Even Dinah forgot her fear of the wild animals when from a distance she caught sight of the white circus tents with the gaily colored flags streaming from them.
		"And we'll take five baskets of lunch," Freddie was saying, "and my fire engine is unpacked now, so I can take that with us, and I'll squirt water on snakes and--and other things." "Oh, snakes!" cried Mabel.
		Freddie had found a good hiding place in a hole in the hay, and, while waiting for Harry to come and look for him, the little chap had dozed off, it was so warm and cozy in his hay-nest.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext04/btmbr10.txt (24156 words)

	Hot Snakes: Suicide Invoice: Pitchfork Review
		Hot Snakes aren't putting themselves out there to push rock music to another plane; they're thrilled just to refine it through a series of lean, caustic numbers full of bared-to-the-bones malice and spite, punctuated by occasional moments of subtle, perceived vulnerability.
		These are the snakes you fear most: the kind that bite.
		And now the Snakes come again, slithering diligently between the feet of still-standing concertgoers, sensing the sweat of unshowered ankles, arching their backs, preparing to strike.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/h/hot-snakes/suicide-invoice.shtml (24156 words)

	The online symbolism dictionary, definition: SNAKE
		Snakes appear suddenly, out of the unknown, creating fear.
		The snake being thought of as poor and homeless, it mostly portended ill for those born under this sign, who were expected to become peddlers and warriors, forever wandering with no fixed abode.
		In Norse mythology a huge snake (Jormunjgandr) is wrapped around the earth, a symbol of the sea, not unlike its ancient Egyptian counterpart, the gigantic Apophis, which threatens to capsize the boat of the SUN god.
	www.scootermydaisyheads.com /fine_art/symbol_dictionary/snake.htm (24156 words)

	Irrational fears: Coping with fears and phobias (phillyBurbs.com)
		Animal phobias are a fearful avoidance of creatures such as snakes or birds.
		The most common is agoraphobia, the fear of open spaces or of being "out in the world." Seventy percent of all phobics have agoraphobia, a condition in which you only feel safe in your own home.
		With caring, supportive therapy, it is possible to overcome a phobia and lead a new life, free of irrational fears.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/148-04112003-72258.html (24156 words)

	Double Jeopardy
		Even though, in the natural, I’d always been very fearful of snakes, I stepped in front of Freddie to block it from reaching him.
		Freddie was a couple of feet to my left and behind me. Suddenly, a snake came swimming toward us with its head lifted high.
		Freddie sensed death awaited him at the end of this ride, and his life passed before his eyes.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /janmeador/double_jeopardy.html (1848 words)

	Snakes Alive - A WebQuest Adventure
		Many people fear snakes and probably think your teacher and Dr. Slither are crazy for wanting to save four baby snakes.
		Using the information you have learned so far about snakes and information from the following web site, write a letter as a class to the local newspaper, telling why snakes are important, useful animals.
		As you learn about the snake life cycle, use the organizer to write down ideas for your poster.
	www.thematzats.com /snakes/process.htm (383 words)

	OOOH SCARY! THE LADIES DISCUSS THEIR IRRATIONAL FEARS.
		Lots of people are afraid of snakes, but I feel alone in my fear of being shot in the back of the head in a movie theater.
		In addition to her fear of giant candles, MG Barker also fears vowels.
		But maybe my real fear is that these TV and film babies with their cell phones and their very important jobs make me more than a little inadequate.
	www.blacktable.com /waxing040909.htm (383 words)

	IOL : Fear Factor
		Squirm and squeal at the tasks set for the Fear Factor contestants, in the stories and terrifying images we capture in this special feature.
		Motormouth Moss: Colin Moss, better known as Stuart from Isidingo: The Need, presents Fear Factor.
		Could you steel yourself to jump from the top of a truck moving at high speed?
	www.int.iol.co.za /index.php?click_id=2805 (131 words)

	The Behavior Offensive
		Her primal fear of snakes causes her to overturn her desk at school.
		The end of World War II climaxed a long period of social stresses in the United States: the massive familial and personal disruptions caused by the war had been preceded by twelve years of economic depression, which were themselves preceded by the turbulent twenties, a time of economic boom for relatively few people.
		So while the movies appear to offer fascinating evidence about how Americans lived in the nation's recent past, it is helpful to remember that ephemeral films cannot really be called documentaries: they depict a world that never really existed, a vision of what their makers saw, or wanted to see.
	www.panix.com /~footage/behavior.html (131 words)

	BBC NEWS South Asia Orissa assembly faces snake fear
		Snake charmers in the Indian state of Orissa have threatened to release snakes in the state assembly in protest at a crackdown on their activities.
		Representatives of the snake charmers say nearly 20,000 people could lose their jobs as a result of the drive.
		Several snake charmers have been arrested in recent weeks and now face being prosecuted under wildlife protection laws.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4039595.stm (131 words)

	Redtailboa.net - Update about Fear Factor !!!
		It seems that most of the animals that they are using are ones that the general public have a normal fear of anyway...snakes, scorpions, rats, bugs, alligators, etc....all in the name of ratings.
		01-15-2003 01:57 PM I was a big fan of Fear Factor until I saw an episode using live animals.
		I know we've all heard of Jill with a broken arm, and by mouth at the end she had a broken back, was on her death bed and wasn't excpected to recover, when in all fact it was just a broken arm.
	www.redtailboa.net /forums/printthread.php?t=4482 (1658 words)

	Scream Play - Episode Guide - Meet the Contestants
		Teammate's Biggest Fear: Snakes and anyone screaming his name in his face at 3 a.m.
		Teammate's Biggest Fear: Wheels rolling at him without regard for safety
		Teammate's Biggest Fear: Bugs, my burps and someone touching her feet
	www.eonline.com /On/ScreamPlay/Episodes/110b.html (382 words)

	snakephobia
		Known by a number of names Ophidiophobia, Snakephobia, and Fear of Snakes being the most...
		Imagine What Your Life Would Be Like Without Ophidiophobia, Snakephobia, and Fear of Snakes...
		The CTRN Phobia Clinic's 24-hour Ophidiophobia, Snakephobia, and Fear of Snakes program offers guaranteed...
	www.phobiarelief.com /phobia/snakephobia.php (258 words)

	The City of Plano, Texas Official Website
		The fear of snakes seems to be learned from childhood, usually taught by relatives and friends who dislike and fear snakes.
		However, this is of little comfort to a person with a morbid fear of snakes.
		If this is your problem, you suffer from "ophidiophobia." It is widely regarded by psychologists as one of the most common morbid fears that plague Americans, right up there with fear of heights and fear of closed in places.
	www.planotx.org /animal/snakes.htm (520 words)

	Debbie Schlussel
		Ophidiophobia, also known as snakephobia, is the most common fear--more than fear of flying, fear of heights, etc. Some medical experts say fear of snakes is an inherited condition, even though other phobias are mostly psychological and specific to the person.
		at April 7, 2006 09:28 AM OK -- I have Ophidiophobia -- or fear of snakes.
		If you hate and/or fear snakes, you're one of many Americans (and others) worldwide.
	www.debbieschlussel.com /archives/2006/04/snakes_on_a_pla.html (649 words)

	Monk (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Monk's mental and emotional problems extend beyond the boundaries of obsessive-compulsive disorder; he also suffers from a variety of crippling phobias, such as acrophobia (fear of heights), claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces), lactophobia (fear of milk), ophidiophobia (fear of snakes), mysophobia (fear of dirt), mycophobia (fear of mushrooms), and germophobia (fear of germs).
		For instance, in the television episodes Monk displays a myriad of phobias, ranging from aerophobia, the fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airborne noxious substances, to zoophobia, the fear of animals.
		Monk deduces that the caretaker had restrained her with the handcuffs, but because the keys for the handcuffs were missing, had to cut her hands off to return the handcuffs to the exhibit as not to raise suspicion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monk_(TV_series) (3953 words)

	NEUROSCIENCE FOR KIDS NEWSLETTER - Volume 7, Issue 3 (March, 2003)
		(Learn more about trypanophobia: fear of needles; musophobia: fear of mice and rats; gephyrophobia: fear of bridges; nyctophobia: fear of nighttime; ophidiophobia: fear of snakes.)
		If so, you would have learned that astraphobia is the fear of lightning, coulrophobia is the fear of clowns, claustrophobia is the fear of tight spaces, and amaxaphobia is the fear of riding in a vehicle.
	faculty.washington.edu /chudler/news73.html (3953 words)

	NEUROSCIENCE FOR KIDS NEWSLETTER - Volume 7, Issue 3 (March, 2003)
		(Learn more about trypanophobia: fear of needles; musophobia: fear of mice and rats; gephyrophobia: fear of bridges; nyctophobia: fear of nighttime; ophidiophobia: fear of snakes.)
		If so, you would have learned that astraphobia is the fear of lightning, coulrophobia is the fear of clowns, claustrophobia is the fear of tight spaces, and amaxaphobia is the fear of riding in a vehicle.
	faculty.washington.edu /chudler/news73.html (1880 words)

	CharacterBuilder EDUCATION
		�ophidiophobia� (fear of snakes), �musophobia� (fear of mice), �cynophobia� (fear of dogs), �homichlophobia� (fear of fog), �ergasiophobia� (fear of work), �pogonophobia� (fear of beards), �gephyrophobiea� (fear of crossing a bridge), �phengophobia� (fear of daylight) �can you relate?
		Have you ever heard of these phobias (fears)?
		Maybe you�ve never heard of it either, but the chances are good you�ve personally experienced it.
	characterbuilder.info /Articles/Four (1880 words)

	Phobias list - comprehensive definition of all common phobias and Fears
		Although there are many hundreds of different phobias, all phobias are in fact very similar: a particular stimulus, be it spiders, snakes, or pretty well anything else triggering the phobic individuals fear response when it isn't appropriate.
		This list covers common phobias such as fear of spiders, fear of flying, fear of heights, etc but also lists even the most obscure phobias.
		Japanophobia - Fear of Japanese Judeophobia - Fear of Jewish People
	www.healthynewage.com /what-are-phobias.htm (1605 words)

	Black Rat Snake
		Of all the snakes senselessly slaughtered out of ignorance and fear, the black rat snake is one of the most common.
		Black rat snakes often hibernate in rock crevices in the company of other snakes, such as copperheads and rattlers.
		The fact is that black rat snakes are one of Ohio's most beneficial and splendid reptile assets; they play an essential role in controlling destructive rodents.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /wildlife/Resources/reptiles/blkrat.htm (230 words)

	Black Rat Snake
		Of all the snakes senselessly slaughtered out of ignorance and fear, the black rat snake is one of the most common.
		Black rat snakes often hibernate in rock crevices in the company of other snakes, such as copperheads and rattlers.
		The fact is that black rat snakes are one of Ohio's most beneficial and splendid reptile assets; they play an essential role in controlling destructive rodents.
	www.dnr.state.oh.us /wildlife/Resources/reptiles/blkrat.htm (230 words)

	ophidiophobia Stop Anxiety and Fear
		A love of snakes is called ophiophilia, a fear of snakes is called ophidiophobia (or snakephobia), a specialist in snakes is an ophiologist.
		changes Triskaidekaphobia - Fear of the number 13 Gephyrophobia - Fear of crossing bridges Ophidiophobia - Fear of snakes Gatophobia - Fear of cats Hydrophobia - Fear of water Batrachophobia - Fear...
		Ophidiophobia is the Fear of snakes PhobiaFinder.com - Find Phobias - Phobia...
	www.stop-fear.com /Ophidiophobia (722 words)

	Documented phobias fail to ruin my appetite - The Clarion-Ledger
		The short list of my most primary phobias would include: anginophobia — the fear of choking; coulrophobia — the fear of clowns; ceraunophobia — the fear of lightning; dentophobia — the fear of dentists; and ophidiophobia — the fear of snakes.
		The fear of cooking is called mageirocophobia, a malady that has afflicted my wife since birth.
		Unfortunately, none of my phobias are related to food, which is why my total body weight hovers around the collective poundage of a small Pee Wee football team.
	www.clarionledger.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050406/COL0303/504060393/1153/FEAT02 (411 words)

	taran.htm
		Phobias come in many forms, ranging from the fairly common, like the fear of height, fear of water, fear of snakes, fear of being in small spaces, to the really far out, like trichophobia — the fear of hair; or erythrophobia — a fear of the color red.
		Irrational though they may be, many people have them.
	www.belizeans.com /taran.htm (411 words)

	Monk (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Monk's mental and emotional problems extend beyond the boundaries of obsessive-compulsive disorder; he also suffers from a variety of crippling phobias, such as acrophobia (fear of heights), claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces), lactophobia (fear of milk), ophidiophobia (fear of snakes) and mysophobia (fear of dirt), mycophobia (fear of mushrooms), and many others.
		Monk deduces that the caretaker had restrained her with the handcuffs, but because the keys for the handcuffs were missing, had to cut her hands off to return the handcuffs to the exhibit as not to raise suspicion.
		In Australia, reruns of the show are featured on the TV1 channel on the Foxtel/Austar/Optus TV cable platforms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monk_(TV_series) (3093 words)

	My Homework Assignments
		I also suffer from many of the typical "girl fears" - Musophobia (fear of mice), Arachnophobia (fear of spiders), and Ophidiophobia (fear of snakes).
		Or you might just better sum it up by saying I have Herpetophobia, which is the fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things.
		I can't quit writing until I admit that I also suffer from Aichmophobia, which is fear of needles or pointed objects, and Dentophobia, which is fear of dentists.
	www.pcis.net /blake97/homework/2003/assign10.html (297 words)

	Monk (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Monk's mental and emotional problems extend beyond the boundaries of obsessive-compulsive disorder; he also suffers from a variety of crippling phobias, such as acrophobia (fear of heights), claustrophobia (fear of confined spaces), lactophobia (fear of milk), ophidiophobia (fear of snakes), mysophobia (fear of dirt), mycophobia (fear of mushrooms), and many others.
		Monk deduces that the caretaker had restrained her with the handcuffs, but because the keys for the handcuffs were missing, had to cut her hands off to return the handcuffs to the exhibit as not to raise suspicion.
		Adrian Monk, graduate of University of California, Berkeley, was originally a detective of the San Francisco Police Department.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monk_(TV_series) (3232 words)

	Spears & MacLeod: Medical Links: Claustrophobia : Pharmasave :Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : GrassRoutes
		Several phobias are widespread, such as "claustrophobia" (fear of enclosed spaces), "ophidiophobia" (fear of snakes), or "acrophobia" (fear of heights).
		Claustrophobia - (fear of confined spaces/being trapped) This is the fear of confined spaces/being shut in an enclosed space.
		Claustrophobia - the fear of being closed in
	www.spearsmacleod.com /links/c/claustro (1238 words)

	Southern New Mexico Travel and Tourism Information: New Mexico Snakes — recognizing the poisonous ones and controlling them around homes
		Snakes are perhaps the most feared and hated animals in New Mexico, but people’s fear of snakes comes from lack of understanding and superstition.
		Snakes are ectotherms, meaning they regulate their body temperature by absorbing or giving off heat.
		Another effective method of capturing snakes inside a home, under porches, in crawl spaces, or under mobile homes is to use a glueboard purchased from an agriculture supply or hardware store.
	www.southernnewmexico.com /Articles/Wildlife/NewMexicosnakes-recognizi.html (1238 words)

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