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| Radiate_Truth |
The Camel Spider.The Camel Spider.This is not for the laid back or faint of heart. If you click on links, do so at your own risk. The camel spider stories began to spread during the 1990-91 Gulf War. Now, with the continued presence of U.S. forces in the Middle East, the stories are becoming legendary. ..Most of the stories on the internet are completely untrue. These creatures are (usually) not dangerous to humans. But, dangerous or not, these creatures are horrifying to encounter. I pity anyone who encounters one for the first time. CLICK HERE TO SEE THIS CAMEL SPIDER PICTURE ENLARGED... CLICK HERE TO ENLARGE THIS CAMEL SPIDER BITE! Soldier in Iraq bitten by a Camel Spider. Yes, they can bite. If they do, there is always the possibility of infection. With the internet becoming so much more widely used during this Iraq conflict, rumors are spreading like wildfire. E-mail chain letters with claims, "he/she said his or her friend—or friend of a friend—knew a soldier stationed in Iraq who had said that these camel spider could inject a sleeping soldier with anesthetic, then chew out a chunk of flesh." Webmasters with imagination and flare for the absurd take it to the extreme with claims such as, camel spiders are know to eat dogs or cats. Most people don't know that the camel spider can also be found in the southwest U.S. and Mexico. While the recent buzz is all about the Middle Eastern camel spider, its North American cousin has no shortage of tall tales. In Mexico, they're known as matevenados, which means "deer killers." The buzz seems to ebb and flow, but before it is over the camel spider will have had is full fifteen minutes and maybe just a little place in history. http://www.camelspiders.net/camel-spider/spider3.jpg Some common Camel Spider Myths: 1. Camel spiders can move at speeds over 30 MPH, screaming while they run. 2. Camel spiders can be as large as a frisbee. 3. Camel spiders venom is an anesthetic that numbs their prey. 4. Camel spiders can jump three feet high. 5. Camel spiders get there name because they eat the stomachs of camels. 6. Send us your myths for inclusion here... THE FACTS Most of these claims are false or greatly exaggerated. 1. Camel spiders top speed - 10 mph. 2. Size: Up to 6 inches 3. They have no venom. 4. They don't jump. 5. Called camel spiders because they live in the desert. They actually aren't spiders at all, they're solpugids.. Along with spiders, they are members of the class Arachnida. For more camel spider pictures.. One of our recent stories on Camel Spiders: While working for Al Salam Aircraft company in Riyadh, 2002- 2003 (I left after the Jadawel Compound bombing) we had many run ins with camel spiders in the hanger areas and out in the aircraft run areas. I admit that my first encounter with one scared the hell out of me but it got to be routine. Some were relatively small, others fairly large, all were aggressive like nothing I have ever seen. They would come in, mostly on night shift, walking right up the middle of the hanger. We couldn't take a broom, or anything else, and try to push them out as they would turn aggressive and attack whatever we would use so we finally started keeping coffee cans, and other containers, around and just trapped them and took them out to the fence line and let them go. Of course some did not want to be trapped and we would then introduce them to the "Smash factor" but what a mess that made. Luckily we had no one bitten, American or Saudi, but there were the usual close calls since we had to start checking everything we opened, carefully, for any intruders. I hope I never run into one of those nasty little buggers again. They must be what B sci-fi movie producers had in mind when they were making all those movies in the 50's. To read more great stories click Camel Spider Stories http://www.camelspiders.net/ |
| Radiate_Truth |
The thing I think is funny about camel spiders (soldiers who have known about them for years) that when soldiers who encounter or see them for the first time, they ALWAYS freak out because of their size.
Granted yes they do bite and they are nasty critters...when they run after you, they only want to sit in the shade of your shadow. So if you run...they follow.... |
| The Inquisitor |
How funny.
That bite looked horrific. I'm glad they aren't poisonous. What a freak out that must be for those who encounter the spider for the first time. |
| Radiate_Truth |
Teasing things like that only makes them meaner.
Doesn't help much when they're teased. Check them out live here... VIDEO Actually they are, depending on how bad an allergic reaction you have to any insect bite. In my cause I'm allergic to WASPS. 
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| obmar |
Desert phobia. |
| Radiate_Truth |
Even the greatest of whales is helpless in the desert. |