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  1. 04-09-2004, 10:21 PM #16
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    That's actually a better pic of the critters than we have in our desert wildlife brief.
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  2. 04-09-2004, 11:09 PM #17
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    Originally posted by Lady's Human
    That's actually a better pic of the critters than we have in our desert wildlife brief.


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    Originally posted by lizbud
    Cool, oh yeah, cool.......as in, frozen with fear.
    Same here..

    Aly.. you've just freaked me out.. Eek! *shivers*
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  4. 04-10-2004, 12:48 AM #19
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    http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp

    This will give you more information than I ever wanted about the camel spiders.

    Well, this is a PET site - but YUCK!
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  5. 04-10-2004, 12:55 AM #20
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    YES, that is a real photo - But look closely. The man in the photo is golding it out on pliers, making it look much larger than it is. Camel Spiders are quite small - They MAX at a 5" or 6" legspan. They have absolutely no venom, or acid (I heard THAT piece of bull somewhere), and they do NOT actually eat through camel's stomachs. Why people believe these things is beyond me.

    It looks like the bottom "spider" is actually a moult from the top spider...which would explain why it is so perfectly stretched out.

    They're fascinating little critters, harmless, but FAST!

    Thank you Wolf_Q!
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  7. 04-10-2004, 01:54 AM #22
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    Thanks so much WolfChan. I'm really glad you cleared that up because I just read some stuff on the link gini posted that scared me!
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    Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk

    Urrrrrrrrgh!!!

    5 inches is still big for me!

    I am terrified of spiders and if I saw one of those for real, you wouldn't need depends, you'd need an AMBULANCE!


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  9. 04-10-2004, 10:10 AM #24
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    http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcamelspider.html

    Yes, here is more that verifies what WolfChan has told us.

    Totally harmless! That's nice to know. But I still say YUCK!
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  10. 04-11-2004, 08:39 AM #25
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    Aly they do look kind of huggable Thanks for the links they shall make interesting reading.
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    Originally posted by cloverfdx
    Aly they do look kind of huggable Thanks for the links they shall make interesting reading.

    " Huggable" is not a word I would use for this critter.
    "Interesting" maybe, but that's about it. LOL.
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    OMG. That is simply HIDEOUS. I looked for about 1 second - and that was tooooooo long.

    What horrid things. Harmless or not, I'm sorry, they are still horrid.

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    You guys have scared me into NOT looking!!!!!
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  14. 04-12-2004, 08:32 AM #29
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    Thanks for the picture Aly and the info Wolfchan. That spider is definately interesting to look at.
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