We shouldn't normalise fear of bugs

Most of us hate bugs right ? I'm here to tell you why that hate and fear is greatly misplaced and harmful, first let's get the facts straight, the vast majority of bugs are totally harmless, cant Pierce your skin, cant infest your home etc, in 1.2 million species of insects less than a few thousand can harmw while it is normal to hate the harmful festering disease spreading ones (Cockroaches, ticks, mosquitoes) the bigger picture must be seen, and we should choose to see them as a whole for the good and the bad, you might respond that theyre just nasty right ? But i am pretty sure most of you eat shrimps and crabs, who are way closer genetically to a cockroach than to a spider which are commonly referenced as bugs. In fact theres no tangible barrier separating crustacean from insects, as some crustacean groups are closer to insects than they are to crabs etc, so eating some and slandering the other is kinda hypocrital if u ask, then many of you will say that this is a natural fear that youre born with, but no it is not, firstly studies have found that the fear of bugs is mostly learned by imitation or direct teaching, or maybe one experience who led to the labelling of the whole group As an example : https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6716607\](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6716607 But nobody is born with that fear and hate, even if you think you cannot get over it, you indeed can, you cant keep loathing animals that Allah swt praised like ants and bees, and this fear and hatred has many catastrophic impacts on the world. Firstly their extinction is deemed acceptable, bugs form the vast majority of animals wether it is in species or sheer individual numbers, but of all the species we try to save from extinction, most are mammals, birds or fishes, animals who while still useful, do not hold a candle to the usefulness of bugs in an ecosystem which we reap the fruits of everyday, Secondly it contributes to the overuse of pesticides, a wide chunk of people if not most see all bugs as undesirables, theyll be more eager to use bugspray and such compounds especially when it is not needed, they will in turn cause Cancers and all types of diseases among people, pollute soil water, and kill even more bugs that werent even sprayed, lowering their population even more and making essential species struggle even more as we are seeing a drastic fall in bug populations. I already know many already stopped reading or are telling themselves "who Cares, its just bugs ?" But no if all bugs went extinct tommorow over months millions would die, they pollinate our food, clean the streets and Woods out of any waste, without them disease and hunger would fester, ravaging through our populations, that is for all these reasons that i implore anyone Reading this to abandon this irrationnal fear, to see the majority of animals just like you see the fluffy minority, Allah prefers the strong Muslim over the weak one, now tell me what is strong about crashing out at the sight of a being 1000 times smaller than you, it is a weakness that we shouldnt transmit to the next generation ! Even if you dont think so, it is possible to get over this fear, people have already gone from fainting at the sight of spider to raising and handling them, and make their living from them now, so you can do it, I'm not asking for you to become a bug fanboy instantly, but to at least begin to see them for what they are, and remove the irrationnal disgust from your mind, in a nutshell have a neutral attitude Assalamu alaykum ! submitted by /u/Cassius-crampticus [link] [comments]

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