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05-07-2005, 03:32 PM
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WTF is this this ???
hi people just found this spider on another site, never seen one before.
what is it?, it was found in iraq
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05-07-2005, 04:10 PM
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I believe it's called a "camel spider".....at least that's what my nephew told me. He saw them first-hand in his time spent in Iraq last year, and that's what everyone called them......whether that's the "scientifically correct" name or not, I can't be sure.
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05-07-2005, 05:08 PM
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cool thx nice1
imagine finding one of them in ur pants O_o lol
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05-08-2005, 07:58 AM
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LOL, he said it was bad enough finding one in his tent... 
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05-08-2005, 08:06 AM
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I'm not absolutely certain, but I believe I read somewhere that this photo was a hoax. I think I can probably dig up the source.
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05-08-2005, 08:14 AM
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The photo looks like two critters to me.
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05-08-2005, 08:21 AM
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A quick Google search shows that although this is NOT a hoax, the angle of the camera exagerates the size. Here are some quotes from the web:
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Look in the righthand corner of the page. You can see the sleeve of someone's arm. They're holding two real camel spiders close to the camera lens, with a friend standing in the background to give the illusion of huge size. Camel spiders only reach a leg span of 5 inches. Pretty big, but not Eight-Legged Freaks-type material
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Camel spiders, or wind scorpions, are not actually spiders. They are in fact Solifugids and, like spiders, they belong to the class Arachnida.
The creatures are completely non-venomous.
They are silent.
They do not eat camels alive or dead. They mostly eat other arthropods. Some eat lizards and, possibly, birds and small mammals.
They do run very fast for Arachnids, but certainly not as fast as 25 mph.
Solifugids are found world wide, although they are more common in drier regions such as Iraq.
Their bodies range in size from 25mm to 75mm in length. The outstretched leg span may reach 150mm.
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05-08-2005, 08:38 AM
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Yep, it IS 2 of them, you can see the one is biting the other's one's behind.
I STILL wouldn't want to find one in MY pants. LOL.
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05-08-2005, 10:00 AM
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Solifugids they are ,sun spiders or camel spiders for common
These make interesting pets but have a rather short lifespan
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05-08-2005, 10:09 AM
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One of my prof's at the university had some of these...they bite like hell ! The mouth parts take up much of the head, and when they go after a scampering mouse...quite the scene...
greg
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