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

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!

06-17-08, 05:53 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,286 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Ugly nasty looking thing. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-17-08, 06:05 PM	#3
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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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 __________________

06-17-08, 07:06 PM	#5
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, 05:34 PM	#1
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Sod the insurgents, MOAB those buggers!!