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

Officerpuppy · 06-17-08, 04:51 PM

Thats one nasty looking bugger there

How big do those get? It looks pretty darn big in that picture, is that a common size?

STEED · 06-17-08, 05:00 PM

Shoot the bugger, ugly sod.

Stealth Hunter · 06-18-08, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Shoot the bugger, ugly sod.

Fetch my elephant rifle.

Red Heat · 06-17-08, 05:00 PM

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

jumpy · 06-17-08, 05:03 PM

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

Oberon · 06-17-08, 05:34 PM

Sod the insurgents, MOAB those buggers!!

AVGWarhawk · 06-17-08, 05:53 PM

Ugly nasty looking thing.

Blacklight · 06-17-08, 06:05 PM

It looks like an alien facehugger !!!

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

SUBMAN1 · 06-17-08, 06:08 PM

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

-S

mrbeast · 06-17-08, 07:06 PM

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

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.

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!

August · 06-17-08, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 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?

baggygreen · 06-17-08, 09:04 PM

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

SUBMAN1 · 06-17-08, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by baggygreen

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 · 06-17-08, 10:23 PM

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!

baggygreen · 06-17-08, 10:41 PM

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!

06-17-08, 05:00 PM	#2
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Shoot the bugger, ugly sod. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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Red Heat Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 1,093 Downloads: 267 Uploads: 0	Fkn ****...its so dam big! I never so one of that size... __________________ "There is three kinds of man: the living, the death, and those who are at Sea." Plato

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jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	The image is somewhat misleading with the perspective. The biggest Camel Spiders are about 5" leg span. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,276 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Ugly nasty looking thing. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	It looks like an alien facehugger !!! If I ever saw one of those things, I'd scream like a little girl and run away ! __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

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Officerpuppy Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Mansfield, TX Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thats one nasty looking bugger there How big do those get? It looks pretty darn big in that picture, is that a common size?

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Sod the insurgents, MOAB those buggers!!

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SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Some have been recorded at greater than 6" by the way - as referenced on that site. -S __________________

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mrbeast Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 1,236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Now I would not like to encounter one of those during a nocturnal trip to the can! 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. 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! __________________

06-17-08, 09:04 PM	#12
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	screw the BB gun ducimus... i want a can of deodorant and a lighter!

06-17-08, 10:23 PM	#14
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	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!

06-17-08, 10:41 PM	#15
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	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!