This is a pic I stumbled onto just now, and thought I'd share it. My whole body shivered by the thought of waking up with one of these ugly bastards in my bed.

A friend of mine just got back from the sandbox, he sais that the snakes over there find them tasty.

HOLY COW!! I honestly didn't know there was such an animal!

yup, and the fuggers can go seriously fast, too~! Their bite doesn't kill, but will hurt, but thank God I never found that out personally, and they aren't technically in the arachnic family. Heard a song about them somewhere on the net, and if I find it again, will post it here.

My boy told me that they were on patrol and parked their hummers somewhere out in the boonies and a couple of the big bastards were out crawling around and his Lt. almost went goofy with panic, apparently he (Lt.) is phobic about them. My boy caught one and tied a string around the middle and keeps it as a pet. Calls it poochy, from something on the Simpsons.

As usual, Snopes has something to say about this image, which looks to be real... however, the camera angle makes that bug look bigger than it really is.

When I deployed to Sinai, I heard all the same stories. Never did see a giant super fast flesh eating Camel Spider.

Fun story to tell newbies though.

They're technically not spiders. Mean looking buggers though.

knew I'd seen and listened to the song somewhere before..

here is the link..it's a funny song,and you can listen to it here:

http://military-forums.net/eve/forums?a=prply&s=6611083&f=6951074&m=431100422&x_popup=Y

No, they are not spiders, but something like a vinigaroon, like they have in Ariz. or N.M. I don't think they bite, my boy says that the size is what scares people.

I saw the same picture or one similar and the poster said that one is actualy trying to eat the other one.

I`ve seen pics of these things before. bite or no bite, I wouldnt want to come up on one.

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Originally posted by Sully:
I saw the same picture or one similar and the poster said that one is actualy trying to eat the other one.

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How about we keep discussions of deviant sexual practices down to a dull roar...

RIML the other kind of eat (Repeat after me)

Thought they were real..

(sigh) okay I'll be the one to spoil the fun..

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp

there ya go linux.