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2. Buddle, Chris. (May 2015) “Why Are We So Afraid of Spiders?” Independent.

3. Kempley, Rita. (Jun 1990) “Arachnophobia.” The Washington Post.

4. Berg, Ken. (June 1990) “Actor Found ‘Arachnophobia’ Co-Stars No Big Hairy Deal.” The Orlando Sentinel.

5. Nag, Oishimaya Sen. (Aug 2017) “The Most Dangerous Animals of Amazon Rainforest.”https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-dangerous-animals-of-the-amazon-rainforest.html

6. Richards, Stephanie. “Venomous Spider Bites in the United States.” https://www.terminix.com/pest-control/spiders/bites/venomous-spider-bites/

7. Hall, G. (2001) “Avondale Spider, Our Hollywood Star!” Lincoln, New Zealand: Landcare Research.

8. Svetkey, Benjamin. (July 1990) “Wrangling Real Tarantulas in ‘Arachnophobia’ Entertainment Weekly.

9. McCarthy, Erin. (July 2015) “18 Creepy Facts about Arachnophobia.” http://mentalfloss.com/article/66197/18-creepy-facts-about-arachnophobia

10. Geertds, Megan S. (March 2016) “(Un)Real Animals: Anthropomorphism and Early Learning about Animals.” Child Development Perspectives 10 (1), 10–14.

11. Gard, Carolyn J. (Jan 1999) “Coping with the Fear of Fear.” Current Health 2 (25), 22–24.

12. King, Neville J., Peter Muris, and Thomas H. Ollendick. (May 2005) “Childhood Fears and Phobias: Assessment and Treatment.” Childhood and Adolescent Mental Health 10 (2), 50–56.

13. Sher, Daniel. “Anxiety and Paralysis.” Calm Clinic. https://www.calmclinic.com/anxiety/paralysis

Chapter Eighteen: The Birds

1. “How Many Birds Are There on Earth?” http://birding-world.com/many-birds-earth/

2. Kizer, KW. (July 1994) “Domoic Acid Poisoning.” Western Journal of Medicine 161 (1), 59–60.

3. “Domoic Acid Information and History.” (May 2009) https://web.archive.org/web/20090513065206/http://www.cimwi.org/stranded_domoic.html

4. Jacobs, Julia. (Oct 7 2018) “Drunk Birds? How a Small Minnesota City Stumbled into the Spotlight.” The New York Times.

5. Smith-Strickland, Kiona. (June 24 2015) “Crows May Be as Intelligent as Apes, Scientists Say.” The Sydney Morning Herald.

6. Metcalfe, John. (Aug 10 2017) “When Crows Attack.” City Lab.

Chapter Twenty: The Shining

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2. Rosenblatt, Paul C., Roxanne Marie Anderson, and Patricia A. Johnson. (June 1984) “The Meaning of Cabin Fever.” Journal of Social Psychology 123 (1), 43–54.

3. O’Neill, Natalie. (Oct 30, 2018) “Antarctica Scientist Stabbed Colleague for Spoiling Book Endings.” New York Post.

Chapter Twenty-One: The Ring

1. Addiss, Steven. (1986) Japanese Ghosts and Demons. George Braziller, Inc.

2. Lieberson, Alan D. (November 8, 2004) “How Long Can a Person Survive without Food?” Scientific American.

3. Mullen, Lincoln. (August 18, 2011) “How to Persuade—With Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?” The Chronicle of Higher Education.

4. Stern, Victoria. (Sep/Oct 2015) “The Fall and Rise of Subliminal Messaging.” Scientific American Mind 26 (5).

Chapter Twenty-Two: Creature from the Black Lagoon

1. Walker, Sally M. (1999) Manatees. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 7.

2. Knappert, Jan. (1992) Pacific Mythology. Acquarian/Thorson Harper Collins, 15.

3. Milton, John. (2001) Paradise Lost. New York: Signet Classic.

4. Rose, Carol. (2001) Giants, Monsters, and Dragons. W. W. Norton & Company.

5. Towrie, S. (2018) “The Heritage of the Orkney Islands.” Orkneyjar.

6. Wharton, Jane. (2018) “Final Search for the Loch Ness Monster as Experts Comb the Waters for His DNA.” Metro News.

7. Sample, Ian. (May 17, 2006) “Beware of the Animals.” The Guardian.

8. Borenstein, Seth. (July 15, 2018) “Koko the Gorilla Used Smarts, Empathy to Help Change Views.” Associated Press.

9. Cummins, Denise D. (August 18, 2017) “Yes, We Can Communicate with Animals.” Scientific American.

10. Silk, Joan. (2007) “Social Components of Fitness in Primate Groups.” Science.

Chapter Twenty-Three: Jaws

1. Tennyson, Alfred Lord. (1830) “The Kraken.”