What is cetaphobia?
It may be true that the human mind has the ability to imagine anything. According to unofficial reports on the Internet, people who have never seen a real, alive whale can suffer cetaphobia attacks or fear of whales. Watching films with whales may probably cause this irrational fear. It seems that Cetaphobia, also known as mobyphobia, will attract some people and largely resemble childhood fear of monsters.
collective wisdom could suggest that cetaphobia occurred to Inuit tribe members or other indigenous people who hunt whales and have a reason to worry about their lives. Japanese whalers could also be vulnerable to this fear, but apparently they have much more fear of environmental groups, because commercial whale hunting was banned by the international whale commission in 1986 because of fear of whaling. The clash between environmentalists and Japanese whales from 2007 resulted in a Japanese ship.
Since 2011 no information leads to cetaphobia casesbetween Inuits or Japanese Whalers. However, it seems that AANCDOTAL reports suggest that cetaphobia exists among people, especially younger people who watched the films Finding Nemo and Free Willy . These people shared their phobia about whales in online posts. One woman claimed that her mother had gave her her mother.
The cinematic scene in finding Nemo in which Nemo's friend Dory talks to the whale, caused confusion with one young woman who admitted her concern online. It is true that the scene has an element of tension when the whale gets to the forefront. At first he begins to swim in the distance, just a spot, but at the end of the scene his mouth occupies the entire screen. It could look very worrying at the Film Theater.
According to the online post film Free Willy triggered terror in one small child. The orcs, or the killer whales, of course this name youThey did for some reason. However, whales, based on their size, may be quite intimidating, but unfounded concerns of people who probably will not have any contact with whales in their lives, seem questionable. For example, they have more credible phobics that have birds. Since 2011, the word cetaphobia has not been a recognized word in the English dictionary, although it stated the word ornithofobia - fear of birds.