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Old 04-03-2008, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Rubi
This is the one that scare the shit out of me.
Is that two of them? One eating another one possibly? That's a lot of legs
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Old 04-03-2008, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by doojer
I don't know if you guys have heard the crazy myths about Camel Spiders (Wind Scorpions) but we encountered one on our tent in Anza-Borrego last weekend... the freaky little buggers can run up to 10 mph and have the largest jaw of any arachnid in the desert-- they can even eat small birds. Of course, contrary to their reputation, they have no venom and can do very little to a human except inflict a mean bite!



HOLY SHIOATE!!!!
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Old 04-03-2008, 02:59 PM
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It wasn't in our tent, it was on it. We found it as we were crawling in for the night. There was another one on the ground that ran (literally-- like, really fast) away from us, but this guy just sat there blocking our entrance to the tent so I snapped a couple of pics and flung him off with my unused front license plate.
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Old 04-03-2008, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by fraud
Is that two of them? One eating another one possibly? That's a lot of legs
Yeah, it's two. Pretty insane looking.... but as the earlier link says, the perspective in the pic is way off and makes them look a lot bigger than they actually are. Compare the end of the sleeve in the pic to them and you realize they are only 3 or 4 inches long.... still huge enough, though!
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Old 04-03-2008, 06:37 PM
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Damn Doojer, in AB? Now I've got something else to look out for besides the tarantulas and scorpions. Eeek! That is seriously freaky.
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Old 04-04-2008, 01:44 AM
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Was it just me or did anyone else see the thread title and think:

Camel toe + bikini spider = camel spider

Maybe I'm just a little off kilter, but this thread was in the same area as "eyeful a day."
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Old 04-04-2008, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Red Rubi
This is the one that scare the shit out of me.

That looks like something out of Starship Troopers. Where was that pic taken so I can make a mental note to never go there.
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Old 04-04-2008, 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by SaharaBlackNo1
That looks like something out of Starship Troopers. Where was that pic taken so I can make a mental note to never go there.
It was taken in the middle east by our soilders. By the way, that picture is of 2 of them and a little deceiving. Their main body can range fom 3 to 6 inches, you can see the guys palm in the top right of picture. I don't mind spiders, but that's the only kind that creeps me out every time I see the pictures.
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i was looking around for more info. on this thing and found this... thought i'd share.
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Originally Posted by HappyCurmudgeon
but if onna them little f%$#@&s gets near me... one of us is gonna die.
This reminds me of George Carlin talking about how lobsters & crabs don't make him hungry.

"My first instinct is STEP ON THAT F--K! Before he gets to the children..."
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