Snakes was used to be my nightmare

All people must have something that they are afraid of. One person may be afraid of height, another may be afraid of water, and the other may be afraid of dogs. For me, one thing that used to scaring me the most is a snake. I believe I am not the only one who is afraid of snakes because they seem to be toxic, aggressive, and disgusting. However, several years ago, I overcome this fear and I would like to explain why I was afraid of snakes and why I overcame this blind fear.

When I was a five years old child, I loved to play in rice farms because I could catch many frogs there. The more frogs in farms, the more snakes came to these farms to hunt them. One day, I saw a dreadful view that a snake killed a frog and swallowed the victim alive. I was shocked by seeing this bloody scenery and I had a nightmare which I was swallowed by a huge snake at that night. Since then, I was so afraid of snakes because they reminded me they can eat their preys alive. Moreover, many documentary films showed that snakes always kill their preys in merciless ways, such as swallowing them alive or choking them slowly.

Another memory making me be scared of snakes is that when I was seven years old boy, there was a cobra emerging in my yard. The cobra seemed finishing its meal few minutes ago because its belly was abnormally swollen. Furthermore, this cobra raised its head looking at me and began making its tongue in and out of its mouth frequently. After I saw this cobra, I cried and rushed to tell my grandmother that there was cobra staying in our yard. Finally, firefighters came here to handle this cobra and make this real horror movie end. Afterwards, my grandmother told me if I was bitten by cobras, I would die in few minutes. Therefore, I was more afraid of snakes after this incident.

Nevertheless, I overcame this fear when I grew up because I knew a lot of information about snakes by watching Discovery channel and National Geography channel. In fact, I did not want to know information about snakes initiatively. I am a person who loves almost animals so I like to watch these TV channels. However, these channels love to broadcast documentary films about others animals hunted by snakes. For instance, I like to watch documentary films about birds, but young birds often killed by snakes, and these films not only explain much information about birds, but also snakes. Thus, the more documentary films that I see, the better understanding about snakes that I have. Finally, I understood snakes so much and no longer be afraid of snakes because I knew that most of snakes are shy and do not want to fight in most of situations. In fact, if snakes are not hungry, when they face dangers, most of snakes would flee instead of attacking people or other animals. Even poisonous snakes such as cobras, over fifty percent bites do not contain any venom, if they are not hunting. Therefore, I do not fear snakes even poisonous snakes anymore because I know snakes very well by watching TV. Moreover, I think snakes are the most beautiful reptiles in the world because of their fancy and gorgeous skins.