Don't laugh at this...but when I was little used to come up with little stories were I was a mad genius kind of like Smegal, coming up with potions and what not. Whilst having an eye on my wild pet newt, frog and toad. Since I had no brothers or sisters I could explore my back yard looking at bugs other many kinds so that is why I'm no freaked out by them on the show.
Thought I would share
The oddest creatures can be so beautiful, look at a woodlouse