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Antipathy toward snakes? Your parents likely talked you into that at an early age (phys.org)
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A study of more than 100 kindergarten-age children suggests kids tend to think of snakes differently than they do other animals and that hearing negative or objectifying language about the slithery reptiles might contribute to that way of thinking.

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