I used to work in Somalia collecting plants. One night while camped out and preparing specimens I kept feeling something running over my bare feet. I assumed it was a mouse, but finally decided to check it out. I was fast as hell, but I finally caught it with a butterfly net. I was horrified when it turned out to be one of these guys. I had never heard of them before. It wasn't all that big, but compared to its body size its jaws were huge and gnashing against each other in a very creepy way. That is something you can't get from these photos. I guess he was feeding off all the bugs our lights attracted. Anyway, he was dropped into preservative and now resides in the collection of British Natural History museum.
After returning to the States I looked them up and was surprised to find that they are common in the Southwest. Still haven't run into one here though.
Eight legs or ten, venom or not... if I found one of those things crawling on me I'd pee myself at a minimum. Just the way they look would be enough to draw a panic reflex in most people.
It's a good thing I'm not human and living amongst Camel Spiders then.
I wonder if the thing is some kind of mutant. It's got an enlarged ant-like head, 10 legs, and the body of a spider. Government DNA experiment from the 90's gone awry?
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so are spiders...
is this "spider" closer related to crabs? it has claws for crying out loud...
After returning to the States I looked them up and was surprised to find that they are common in the Southwest. Still haven't run into one here though.
I repeat... Guhhh!
Originally posted by Scott
It?s a little know fact that human pee contains an aphrodisiac of the camel spider.
what? ahh!!!!! oh, you're kidding...phew! you're kidding, right? right? right!?
I wonder if the thing is some kind of mutant. It's got an enlarged ant-like head, 10 legs, and the body of a spider. Government DNA experiment from the 90's gone awry?