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Snakes and spiders: The evolution of ewww

By Mark Roth
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — March 13, 2007

Friday, March 9, 2007

``She said, 'I don't like spiders and snakes, And that ain't what it takes to love me, You fool, you fool' ... When country-western artist Jim Stafford wrote those lyrics in 1973, he was playing off the old story of an immature boy trying to interest a girl by showing her creepy-crawlies. But he was also tapping into an ancient human dread — the fear of snakes and spiders — which lives on today in such films as ``Snakes on a Plane'' and ``Arachnophobia'' and ex ...

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