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Fear of frogs
Fear of frogs and toads has been recorded in the history of many cultures. For example, seeing a frog may be a bad omen or frogs and toads may give a person warts. At the same time in other cultures frogs are considered as good omen. A survey carried out by researchers from the Johannesburg Zoo have shown that in modern times old supersititons play less significant role and modern children are more concerned whether frogs are poisonous or harmless.[1] Additional recommended knowledgeAn irrational fear of frogs, a type of specific phobia, is called frog phobia or, sometimes, ranidaphobia, from the word ranidae, the most widespread family of frogs. Psychiatry specialty literature uses the plain English term, "fear of frogs"[2] The term batrachophobia has also been recorded in a 1953 psychiatric dictionary.[3] A clinical case of a severe fear of frogs has been described in Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry in 1983: a woman developed an extreme fear of frogs after a traumatic incident when her lawn mower ran over a group of frogs creating a bloody mess.[4] References
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