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The Snake Pattern Maps Right Into Your Spinal Cord
Your visual system is very complicated it doesn't just report to your vision so for example your eyes map right onto your spine. I actually saw this happen one time in my life I was walking along some falling off places by the Pacific Ocean near LA and a rattlesnake jumped on top of her father's shoulders. Your spinal reflexes can operate in less than a tenth of a second which gives you a fighting chance with regards to a snake's strike. Even though people who are afraid show galvanic skin response if you test them psychophysiologically they'll show a psychophysiological response that's associated with fear. You need to conserve those very very basic responses they're still mediated