The fact the most common specific phobia in children is a fear of animals is believed to be due to evolutionary process.
Zoophobia (animal phobia) is a class of phobias characterized by an extreme and irrational fear of any animals. It's normal to fear certain animals like snakes or bears as these fears wouldn't normally hinder our daily lives, but for an animal phobic, simply knowing an encounter with an animal can invoke so much fear.
Specific phobias may develop early, but animal phobia often emerges the earliest. According to a Darwinian viewpoint, some individuals are primed to have fears that are associated with animals that may have been a threat at one time and therefore develop a fear at first exposure to animals.
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