News from Iraq! The Camel Spider!--CAUTION: IMAGES

[SUBMAN1]

Holy crud! Can you believe this thing?

http://www.camelspiders.net/large-camel-spider.jpg

http://www.camelspiders.net/

[MothBalls]

Baked, boiled, or fried?

[Platapus]

Crikey! Put a saddle on that monster and you can ride it.

I wonder if that would be the biggest spider in the world but I am really afraid to ask

[Steel_Tomb]

Yeah my dad came across a few of those during his tours over there, they're bloody nasty things. Give a nasty bite too. Aparantly my dad said that when they only had very basic toilet facilities i.e. a tube into the ground for peeing into critters would hide in there away from the heat so you had to be careful not to get your family jewels nipped by some local wildlife :huh:

[Platapus]

thats the last thing one of our military men needs to be worried about. Having some great big spider nipping at your old man. :nope:

[Ducimus]

I had something like this:
http://www.camelspiders.net/camel-spider-bite.htm

happen on the back of my left leg, just above the knee. Only it wasn't a camel spider. Never was sure what exactly bite me. Doc's thought maybe a brown recluse. But they did to me exactly what was described in that link.. EXACTLY. My leg was so badly infected that local anesthisa didnt work. They milked puss out of my leg for 20 minutes (no joke, by the time i was able to get medical attention my leg was so far gone i couldn't bend it anymore). They Also cut out the "necrotic tissue". It Hurt like hell (i was given a wad of gause to bite down on) when the doc cut it out. It was like he took a core sample out of my leg and set it on the tray next to me. I could see the skin, the lay of fat under it, the meat under that ,etc. Sure did make a nice scar.

[Officerpuppy]

Thats one nasty looking bugger there:yep: How big do those get? It looks pretty darn big in that picture, is that a common size?

[STEED]

Shoot the bugger, ugly sod.

[Red Heat]

Fkn ****...its so dam big!
I never so one of that size...:o

[jumpy]

The image is somewhat misleading with the perspective.
The biggest Camel Spiders are about 5" leg span.

[Oberon]

Sod the insurgents, MOAB those buggers!! :o

[AVGWarhawk]

Ugly nasty looking thing.

[Blacklight]

It looks like an alien facehugger !!! :o

If I ever saw one of those things, I'd scream like a little girl and run away !

[SUBMAN1]

Some have been recorded at greater than 6" by the way - as referenced on that site.

-S

[mrbeast]

:eek: Now I would not like to encounter one of those during a nocturnal trip to the can! :eek:

Spiders (or at least spider like creatures) don't normally bother me, infact some are quite cute; but I think I could make an exeception for that beast. :yep:

On the subject of desert creepy crawlies, my great grandfather was stung by a scorpion in Mesopotamia (basically Iraq) during WWI. Forgot to shake his tunic before he put it on. It swelled up too, and had to be lanced, my grandmother said that half of the palm on one of his hands was a big flat scar from it. No mention of camel spiders though, but no doubt he encountered them too!

[Platapus]

I had something like this:
http://www.camelspiders.net/camel-spider-bite.htm

happen on the back of my left leg, just above the knee. Only it wasn't a camel spider. Never was sure what exactly bite me. Doc's thought maybe a brown recluse. But they did to me exactly what was described in that link.. EXACTLY. My leg was so badly infected that local anesthisa didnt work. They milked puss out of my leg for 20 minutes (no joke, by the time i was able to get medical attention my leg was so far gone i couldn't bend it anymore). They Also cut out the "necrotic tissue". It Hurt like hell (i was given a wad of gause to bite down on) when the doc cut it out. It was like he took a core sample out of my leg and set it on the tray next to me. I could see the skin, the lay of fat under it, the meat under that ,etc. Sure did make a nice scar.


If you were bit by a brown recluse you are one lucky dude. I can just imagine (well no I can't) how much that must have hurt.

Hope you made a good recovery :(

[mrbeast]

Anyone for tennis? :huh:

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/3719/661pxsolfuga2cmmo0.jpg

[ReallyDedPoet]

That's one big mother :yep::o


RDP

[Ducimus]

The evil child within wants to tag that sucker with a BB gun. :rotfl:

[August]

The image is somewhat misleading with the perspective.
The biggest Camel Spiders are about 5" leg span.

And isn't that two spiders in that pic?

[baggygreen]

screw the BB gun ducimus... i want a can of deodorant and a lighter!

[SUBMAN1]

screw the BB gun ducimus... i want a can of deodorant and a lighter!Better yet! WD-40! or even Better yet! Starter fluid! When i was a kid, I would not have any experience with either! :p Honest! (fingers are crossed!)

-S

[Ducimus]

WD-40 and some fireplace match's was alot of fun wasn't it? Can of aquanet hairspray too as i recall. Oh wait... i didn't do that. No really, i was a good kid, honest! :shifty:

[baggygreen]

visions are slowly coming back to me of a magnifying glass and teeny tiny ants.. but i dont think i'd wanna try that with a spider that size!:huh:

[rifleman13]

I have a policy with arachnids, insects and other pests that is implemented in my house:

SEARCH AND DESTROY!:arrgh!:

That's one big spider!

[Stealth Hunter]

Shoot the bugger, ugly sod.

Fetch my elephant rifle.

[jumpy]

The image is somewhat misleading with the perspective.
The biggest Camel Spiders are about 5" leg span.
And isn't that two spiders in that pic?

indeed it is. *shudder*

[HunterICX]

and this happens when the bugger bites (last 2 photos graphical):
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6047/spiderbitexs7.th.jpg (http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spiderbitexs7.jpg)

Hungry anyone?:dead:

HunterICX

[Platapus]

Hunter

Two questions

1. Was that from one camel spider bite or from another spider.

2. Was that you in the picture? I hope not. Did the person recover do you know?

[HunterICX]

Hunter

Two questions

1. Was that from one camel spider bite or from another spider.

2. Was that you in the picture? I hope not. Did the person recover do you know?


1. thats the damage from the Camel Spider

2. Nope not me, from what I red in the blog where I found that picture (dutch language) there was no news about the recovery.

HunterICX

[SUBMAN1]

Hunter

Two questions

1. Was that from one camel spider bite or from another spider.

2. Was that you in the picture? I hope not. Did the person recover do you know?

1. thats the damage from the Camel Spider

2. Nope not me, from what I red in the blog where I found that picture (dutch language) there was no news about the recovery.

HunterICXThat wound is close to losing that finger. Its not the bite, but the resulting infection that is doing that for him. He might be allergic to it.

-S

[Wolfehunter]

Nasty dude nasty.:o

[XabbaRus]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_spider

This clears a few things up. They don't attack camels.

[rifleman13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_spider

This clears a few things up. They don't attack camels.
So this explain those bites!:know:

Don't handle what you can't handle!:yep:

[silentrunner]

Here is a good vid explaining it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOXvdfcct8g

[August]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_spider

This clears a few things up. They don't attack camels. So this explain those bites!:know:

Don't handle what you can't handle!:yep:

Sometimes you don't know you are handling something until it is too late.

Reminds me of this incident last summer. I was driving home from Maine and we stopped for a coffee. As we were getting ready to leave i felt something on the small of my back under my shirt. It felt like a wood chip or pebble, something like that.

Anyways I reached back, grabbed it and pulled out a very alive and angry hornet! :o Luckly i had him by the back and he couldn't reach me with his stinger and the window was open so I was able to quickly chuck him out.

For the next 250 miles I kept imagining i felt another one moving around under my clothes.

[Skybird]

Camel spiders are NOT spiders. They form a separate order of arachnids, like scorpions for example.

[peterloo]

EEW, that spider is really nasty and a bite by it.... really hurts

Fortunately I am living in urban area and therefore have much less chance in encountering this pesky creature (cockroaches are far more common)

[STEED]

"Lets Rock."

MG42 will do the job and deal with them ugly sods. ;)

[Ducimus]

and this happens when the bugger bites (last 2 photos graphical):
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/6047/spiderbitexs7.th.jpg (http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spiderbitexs7.jpg)

Hungry anyone?:dead:

HunterICX

I've seen that picture before. Been circulating on the net for some time. Im not sure which spider its attributed to, i think a brown recluse that went untended for some time. I could be mistaken though.

[The WosMan]

The picture of the guy's hand is a brown recluse bite. Their bites cause necrosis of tissue that can keep coming back for years sometimes. I have heard of some people being treated with a stun gun or electrical shocks to stop the damage (they do the same with rattlesnake bites sometimes).

Since we are in a competition to gross one another out, here is what a good rattlesnake bite looks like:

http://www.envenomated.com/images/articles/jshandbite.jpg

The Camel Spider isn't a spider at all (they have 10 legs and spiders have 8) and they aren't venomous. They have big fangs and can give a painful puncture wound for a bite but other than that they are harmless. My buddy in Las Vegas has gotten something similar in his garden and they are pretty big and scary but that is about it. I was more freaked out by the Black Widow I nearly put my hand on when I was out there that was by his swimming pool.

[Stealth Hunter]

Sweet Jesus...:o

I don't like snakes and I HATE spiders... and after viewing some of the other photos of injuries from these creatures, I have now come to the conclusion that I hate BOTH of them... especially spiders. I'm sorry, I just don't love anything that has 8 legs and thousands of eyeballs.

[Skybird]

Sweet Jesus...:o

I don't like snakes and I HATE spiders... and after viewing some of the other photos of injuries from these creatures, I have now come to the conclusion that I hate BOTH of them... especially spiders. I'm sorry, I just don't love anything that has 8 legs and thousands of eyeballs.
Ever watched "Starship Troopers"...? ;)

[Platapus]

that was one gross movie :)

[baggygreen]

Sweet Jesus...:o

I don't like snakes and I HATE spiders... and after viewing some of the other photos of injuries from these creatures, I have now come to the conclusion that I hate BOTH of them... especially spiders. I'm sorry, I just don't love anything that has 8 legs and thousands of eyeballs.

Don't visit Down Under.....:rotfl:

[SUBMAN1]

Sweet Jesus...:o

I don't like snakes and I HATE spiders... and after viewing some of the other photos of injuries from these creatures, I have now come to the conclusion that I hate BOTH of them... especially spiders. I'm sorry, I just don't love anything that has 8 legs and thousands of eyeballs.Don't you live over there too??!! I bet you can encounter one rather easily!

-S

[Stealth Hunter]

Actually, I'm now living in eastern Texas, and even when I did live over there, I had never heard about or seen a camel spider before...:o

[U-104]

:o wow.....

[SUBMAN1]

Actually, I'm now living in eastern Texas, and even when I did live over there, I had never heard about or seen a camel spider before...:oNow when you go back, better look under the bed! :o :D

-S

[Red Heat]

Im glad i live in a island...and not in the desert!
They dont swin, no? ROFL

[kiwi_2005]

That spider picture with the US soliders has been around for awhile. A guy here who had a contract in iraq during the war protecting company personnel said they aren't as big as they look about the size of a mans fist. He was telling us they had to clear out this old building once to set it up as a base the place practically pitch black & full of those spiders and wild dogs. They went in there with shotguns and just shot anything that moved.

[Platapus]

On the Wikipedia page it said that these critters could run 10 MPH. OMG imagine seeing a few of them approaching you at 10 MPH <shudder>

One of the Wikipedia pictures shows the jaws of this beast. Crikey, looks like a small bear trap.

I think I can go the rest of my life not seeing one of these critters face to face

[SUBMAN1]

That spider picture with the US soliders has been around for awhile. A guy here who had a contract in iraq during the war protecting company personnel said they aren't as big as they look about the size of a mans fist. He was telling us they had to clear out this old building once to set it up as a base the place practically pitch black & full of those spiders and wild dogs. They went in there with shotguns and just shot anything that moved.He got small ones. From what I gather, they can be 7" and that bigger than my fist I am thinking!

-S

[rifleman13]

That spider picture with the US soliders has been around for awhile. A guy here who had a contract in iraq during the war protecting company personnel said they aren't as big as they look about the size of a mans fist. He was telling us they had to clear out this old building once to set it up as a base the place practically pitch black & full of those spiders and wild dogs. They went in there with shotguns and just shot anything that moved.
Now that's what I call "extermination"!:arrgh!:
:rotfl:

[Reece]

The Tarantula would eat that for breakfast!:yep: Now there spiders!:o
The striped huntsman here in north of South Australia are around 6 1/2 inches, I do have some pictures I could dig up if anyone wants!:D
I held a coin next to one for a camera shot, the damned thing pounced on the coin & my wife behind me (with the camera) screamed, ofcourse the coin went flying & eventually found it a few years later!:oops::lol:

[Platapus]

I held a coin next to one for a camera shot, the damned thing pounced on the coin & my wife behind me (with the camera) screamed, ofcourse the coin went flying & eventually found it a few years later!:oops::lol:

I would have let the big frickin spider keep the coin :)

[OneToughHerring]

I actually dread those things more that can give you a disease like ticks that can pass Lyme's disease. Or a parasite, like bot flies. :dead:

[jpm1]

tarantulas are deadly only for cardiac people in Europe we have the black widow if you annoy it a little too much the beauty can be formidable http://www.emoticonland.net/smileys/Animaux/MSN_1557.gif (http://www.emoticonland.net)

[SUBMAN1]

tarantulas are deadly only for cardiac people in Europe we have the black widow if you annoy it a little too much the beauty can be formidable http://www.emoticonland.net/smileys/Animaux/MSN_1557.gif (http://www.emoticonland.net)Black Widows are probably the most painful bite you can get from the spider world. Makes your whole body go into convolsions. Kids or elderly are both dead on arrival. Adults don't fair too well either but typically survive.

-S

[Reece]

Just don't play with a Queensland funnel-web spider, only 20 minutes till death! They are as thick as your thumb and have actually bitten through thongs!:oops::doh: I think they are the most Venemous spider in the world.:stare:

[Platapus]

Just don't play with a Queensland funnel-web spider, only 20 minutes till death! They are as thick as your thumb and have actually bitten through thongs!:oops::doh: I think they are the most Venemous spider in the world.:stare:

I have bitten through a few thongs in my time, it aint that hard to do :up:

[Reece]

I have bitten through a few thongs in my time, it aint that hard to do :up:
Were you on all fours when you did it though!:lol:

[mrbeast]

Just don't play with a Queensland funnel-web spider, only 20 minutes till death! They are as thick as your thumb and have actually bitten through thongs!:oops::doh: I think they are the most Venemous spider in the world.:stare:

Is that the one that likes to live in your toilet? :hmm:

[Platapus]

I have bitten through a few thongs in my time, it aint that hard to do :up:
Were you on all fours when you did it though!:lol:


No I was the one in the Lion Tamer's outfit :smug:

[OneToughHerring]

tarantulas are deadly only for cardiac people in Europe we have the black widow if you annoy it a little too much the beauty can be formidable http://www.emoticonland.net/smileys/Animaux/MSN_1557.gif (http://www.emoticonland.net)Black Widows are probably the most painful bite you can get from the spider world. Makes your whole body go into convolsions. Kids or elderly are both dead on arrival. Adults don't fair too well either but typically survive.

-S

And they tend to dwell in dark places like toilets, not very nice to get that very painfull bite on the privates. :cry:

[Reece]

Is that the one that likes to live in your toilet? :hmm:
No that's the Redback basicaly the same as the Blackwidow with a red stripe, still nasty though!:oops::yep:

[AVGWarhawk]

I had two turantulas when I was a kid. I had a red leg and a cinnimon brown. The red leg was very friendly and would sit on my hand without issue. The latter was a nasty little bastard that would rear up and nash his fangs at me. I would throw some crickets in his cage and run like hell. One day the red leg got out and was hanging around the house for over a week. One morning my dad woke me up and said my little friend was in the basement. I do not know how she got three stories down without being seen but she made it. My morbid little self named her Mortisha. :lol:

[Reece]

You can be thankful your dad wasn't bitten by Mortisha, or the spider wouldn't be the only thing Red!:lol: