Oh my god.

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As I said. Fuckin disgusting bastard. that's a huge fuckin spider too.
 
you guys have no balls. wtf... it's a god damn spider. it's eating the lizard, not people. calm the hell down.

however if it were in my bed, i'd probably shit my pants.
 
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Size comparo ! Thanks for the hosting, Chris !
 
jeez people... find the factoids. so it's NOT an arachnid, i was incorrect, but i notice no one cares.

The myth of the camel spider is largely propagated in Arab countries and is not well known in western countries such as the United States. The real truth about the camel spider is that it really isn't a spider, but rather an order of non-spider arachnids called Solifugae.


they're awesome.

Camel spiders are the subject of a variety of legendary claims, many of them familiar to Americans because they were spread by U.S. servicemen who served in the Persian Gulf War in 1991, and re-spread at the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003:

* Camel spiders can grow to be as large as dinner plates.

* Camel spiders can traverse desert sand at speeds up to 25 MPH, making screaming noises as they run.

* Camel spiders can jump several feet in the air.

* Camel spiders eat the stomachs of camels and lay their eggs there, hence the name "camel spider." (Legend includes the detail that camel spiders eat camel stomachs from either the outside in or the inside out. In the former case they supposedly jump up from the ground and grab onto camels' bellies from underneath; in the latter case exactly how spiders allegedly as large as dinner plates get into camels' stomachs intact remains unexplained.)

* Camel spiders are venomous, and their venom contains a powerful anesthetic that numbs their victims (thus allowing them to gnaw away at living, immobilized animals without being noticed). U.S. soldiers were said to have been attacked by camel spiders at night but remained completely unaware of their plight until they awakened in the morning to find chunks of their flesh missing.

These claims are all false. Camel spiders (so named because, like camels, they can be found in sandy desert regions, although they aren't technically spiders) grow to be moderately large (about a 5"-6" leg span), but nowhere near as large as dinner plates; they can move very quickly in comparison to other arthropods (a top speed of maybe 10 MPH), but nothing close 25 MPH; they make no noise; and they capture prey without the use of either venom or anesthetic. Camel spiders rely on speed, stealth, and the (non-venomous) bite of powerful jaws to feed on small prey such as other arthropods (e.g., scorpions, crickets, pillbugs), lizards, and possibly mice or birds. They use only three pairs of legs in running; the frontmost pair (called pedipalpa) is held aloft and used in a similar manner to the antennae of insects. Camel spiders shun the sun and generally hide during the day, coming out at night to do their hunting.

Although the creatures shown in the photograph above appear to be far too big for camel spiders, they look misleadingly large because of their closeness to the camera, which creates an illusion of exaggerated size.
 
Funny enough, I just thought in my head how hard I would stomp on that thing or wail it with the side of my fist to insure it was dead or incapicatated.


I was comparing to the little *squish* of a spider, to stomping down as hard as I fucking could on that little rat bastard.
 
Ever try to kill a roach in the Bronx ? Yeah. thought so.

-> Steve
 
Originally posted by Celerity@Sep 1 2005, 11:56 PM
Ever try to kill a roach in the Bronx ? Yeah. thought so.

-> Steve
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queens, and atleast they arent that big!!! but they do make a big wet squish and their guts fly out of their ass or their head pops off and everything else comes out with it.... its a little gross.
 
12 gauge... bird shot. Patch the hole later.. Gaaaa..
 
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