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Anatidaephobia is the fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.
Childhood Trauma is the most likely cause of this rare phobia.
My best guess would be some form of nightmarish childhood trauma. Maybe if a duck somehow entered a baby or toddler's room and snapped at them, then the duck walked away but never left the room. The baby or toddler would be transfixed at the duck, unable to sleep, and unable to leave the room, all the while wondering if the duck is going to come back and bite them again.
Also, this is not a real phobia, it comes from a Far Side comic by Gary Larson.
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How do you pronouce Anatidaephobia?
Anna-tidy-phobia
What is Anatidaephobia?
According to Wikipedia and various other sources, "Anatidaephobia" is an irrational fear that a duck is watching you. It is not a real phobia. It comes from Gary Larson's The Far Side.
What is the phobia of ducks watching you called?
Anatidaephobia: The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. This answer was found in The Farside Gallery 4, by Gary Larson, page 61, lower right.
How many cases of anatidaephobia have been recorded?
I'm experiencing it right now, so that makes... one.
What phobia is the phobia of people watching you?
The fear of someone watching you is called Anatidaephobia.
What is the name of the fear of flushing toilets?
Maybe the toilet's hard to flush, but the fear of toilets people have, they're almost always scared of public toilets.
What does anatidaephobia mean?
anatideaphobia is the fear that somewhere, somehow a duck is watching you. anatideaphobia is actually a made up phobia No, it's not: I suffer from it. There's a duck watching me right now....
What are ducks afraid of?
The fear of chickens is a phobia called ALEKTOROPHOBIA
What phobia is the fear of ducks?
The term anatidaephobia is generally used to describe a person's fear of being watched by a duck. However, the Greek root word 'anatidae' means ducks, geese, and swans. There is some argument that the phobia also includes these birds.
What is a weird phobia?
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. or Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words. lol :P sarcasticmicfatsticlasticpantsthatstretchaphobia-fear of fat things and stretchy pants. afraidthatsomeonesgoingtopunchyouphobia - fear that someone is going to punch while you are sleeping Anatidaephobia - fear that a duck, goose, or swan is watching you bannaphobia - the fear of bannanas lol I really wouldn't say that any phobia is stupid, since someone has to have it to be even recorded. I think everyone has at least one phobia, and they may not even know about it. You may think one's stupid, and find out later that you have it.
What phobia is the fear of being shot?
There does not appear to be a scientific term to describe the fear of getting hit.Perhaps the fear stems from the resulting injury if you were to be hit.Traumatophobia is the fear of injury.On Pimp Empires, DonDaddaphobia is the fear of hitting Don-Dadda.A Phobia triggered by Traumatophobia, Often Delivered by Don-Dadda.HERE IS AN EXAMPLE:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbcctWbC8Q0
