[everyone]

I find spiders quite freaky, yet I find crabs quite endearing. This strikes me as very odd.

ps. Ive been actively trying to overcome my aversion to spiders by handling them when I put them out. Starting with very tiny ones and working my way up.

[nol13]

Aversion to spiders more likely to save your life and allow you to pass on genes, makes sense.

[goldenkey]

Not necessarily. If you live in an area with spiders, you probably also have mosquitoes and all kinds of other insect disease vectors. Having a nice spider would go a long ways to keeping those vectors down.

[got2surf]

Interesting point - avoiding spiders is better for me individually, but reducing mosquitoes is better globally. So I guess it depends if our aversions are optimized for the individual or the species.

[__s]

Tiny jumping spiders were the worst for me growing up. Nowadays don't mind them, don't live in an area with anything venomous so no rational fear

[bitwize]

These days when I look at a jumping spider, I can't help but see this little guy: https://youtu.be/VrS6akzR3sk