Camel Spiders: Scarier than Headcrabs

[VladtheImpaler]

Maybe Supra can bring us one back from Arabia


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

Camel spiders can traverse desert sand at speeds up to 30 MPH, making screaming noises as they run.

Camel spiders can jump several feet in the air.

Camel spiders eat the stomachs of camels, 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.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp

Theres a picture of a couple that latched on to a soldier there

It doesnt even seem like reality, they look like something from Alien :O

 

[kausion_420]

Ya almost looks like a face hugger.

AHHHH THE ALIENS ARE COMING!!! :O

 

[GhosT_DoGG]

It looks directly related to the scorpion.
Crush them bitches!

 

[aares]

Maybe I am missing something, but it says right below all of the inaccurate claims that have been posted: "According to most spider experts, these claims are all false...grow to be moderately large but nowhere near as large as dinner plates...move very quickly (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".

 

[TheExecutioner]

Read the entire page, you will see that the above is all false claim. The spider is quite small, the camera was taken up close. On the right you can see the mans sleeve.

 

[john1040]

Yeah, it says the picture is taken real close to the spiders and the soldier in the background is standing farther away. Look at his sleeve.

 

[wubeats]

I dont care how close that picture is thats still some scary shit. What if you woke up to one knawing your Penis Enlargement enlarged penis off...all that hard work wasted.

 

[REDZULU2003]

Its a great creature, but one I WOULDNT EVER want to meet.
RESPenis EnlargementCT goes to that thing, and whoever has to work near it. Looks scary and I aint seen one before.