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Children are not born fearing reptiles, or any animal for that matter.
We as a society teach them to fear these animals.

Unfortunately, when Steve Irwin died any scrap of reptile respect Animal Planet had died as well. All we have now are rednecks wrestling 'gators and gawking at how dangerous rattlesnakes are (and why mass killing of this native species is a good thing???).
Discovery, a channel about all things educational and not devoted solely to animals, teaches us more about reptiles and other living things than Animal Planet, which is more concerned with ghosts and paranormal creatures than what we have and what me might lose some day.

[QUOTE="Cassie, post: 131862, member: 4011"] Children are not born fearing reptiles, or any animal for that matter. We as a society teach them to fear these animals. Unfortunately, when Steve Irwin died any scrap of reptile respect Animal Planet had died as well. All we have now are rednecks wrestling 'gators and gawking at how dangerous rattlesnakes are (and why mass killing of this native species is a good thing???). Discovery, a channel about all things educational and not devoted solely to animals, teaches us more about reptiles and other living things than Animal Planet, which is more concerned with ghosts and paranormal creatures than what we have and what me might lose some day. [/QUOTE]

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