>>18597062It's easy to see why anon. Once your brain function declines, (tetanus functions similarly with the jaw) you loose the ability to swallow liquids and hell, even expel them if they were to get to your lungs. Also, your perception of place/size is distorted (among a slew of things) so you might as well think it is a wave rushing toward you, for instance. Bear in mind, too, that diseases affect different individuals in different ways. I assure not all of rabies' victims became hydrophbic. What I do wonder though, is if other diseases or afflictions which deteriorate your mind in such aggressive a manner also cause hydrophobia. That is for you to look up, I can't be asked for more after this comment. But my guess is that rabies is not the only brain-destroying process which causes hydrophobia.
