I hadn't given them much thought, but they do seem like a real menace to the tribe. :)

My guess is that snake people, and other risk seekers, are an adaptive minority. If everyone always played it safe, we probably wouldn't have tamed fire or domesticated dangerous animals in the first place.

Undisciplined

Interesting!  I can buy that. I also can't help but think that we are still equipped with a dose of fear, paranoia, and general otherness when it comes to dogs. Maybe an aspect of our evolution was in suppressing those feelings, not necessarily eliminating them. 

Moving your slight aside a bit further to the side, do you think those people who love snakes also have a mental disorder considering how they are a natural enemy of in our primate ancestry?

ablunderfilledlife

Dogs_And_Cats

Dogs > People?

Sadly, it seems to be a real affliction. As a slight aside, I believe it is an actual mental disorder to not like dogs, considering our coevolution with them.