ever seen a camel spider?

[Az.]

they are BIG!
http://www.wimp.com/spider/

[mrdevious]

damn, and I was already scared shitless of spiders, now just one more reason.

[ermitonto]

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

Although the creatures shown in the photograph above appear to be far too big for camel spiders, they look misleadingly large because of their closeness to the camera, which creates an illusion of exaggerated size. (Note their size in comparison to the uniform sleeve which appears in upper right-hand portion of the picture.)

[naturalmystic]

Wow, that's fucking huge.

[ermitonto]

No, it really isn't. It just looks huge since it's being held right up to the camera.

[Az.]

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp
thats true...but they are still massive...theres some interesting stuff on them on the snopes site
watch the vid i posted and you can see it in comparison to an ant.....its eatin a lizard...
do you know if they are the biggest spiders?

ok after reading more of that site they arnt actually tha big.....although i still wouldnt like to see them in real life....ever




here is somthing thats crazy
http://www.wimp.com/quasar/

[ermitonto]

After a quick Google search, it seems the largest spider has a 28 cm (11 in) legspan, and is known as a goliath bird-eating spider.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=51536

[Az.]

HOLY SHIT thats a BIG spider

[t3chyo]

thought you guys would like to see a video of this spider...http://abum.com/?show_media=11063&file_type=Movies&file_id=camel_spider_lunch_050903.wmv

[Lily420]

I'de seen that pic before, the spider is also known as a wind spider. can grow up as big as a small cat.

T3chyo, thats the same video as the one az. posted :p

[t3chyo]

I'de seen that pic before, the spider is also known as a wind spider. can grow up as big as a small cat.

T3chyo, thats the same video as the one az. posted :p

awwh should of clicked that link first:D I was assuming that link was just a link to the site where he found the picture...oh well.

[Porkchop913]

man i freak when i see small spiders now i see this...as i was watchin it my cat crawled over my foot and i got wanted to shit my pants

[johnny cottonmouth]

that pic is actully a pic of two spirders together there are two many legs. my tech teacher showed me that last year. its 2 spiders. look at the video and you will see

[t3chyo]

right when i started reading this thread again out of the corner of my eye I cought a good size cricket walking towards my drum set. It started to try and climb up the rim of of the front of the bass drum, it looked like it was trying to get a headstart run and get up there, did it a couple times and gave up...

[amydan420]

icky, now I won't get no sleep tonight. I should not have looked at that picture of it eating the lizard. Ewe, gross, gag. Nasty.

[jacquelyne]

He is beautiful i would love it for a pet

[dirty raider]

Camel spiders be not real spiders, they be a type of non-spider arachnid, the Solifugae.

[Warlock]

man i freak when i see small spiders now i see this...as i was watchin it my cat crawled over my foot and i got wanted to shit my pants

Me too, I freaked out because i could feel something on my arm, but nothing was there.
Spiders frighten the living piss out of me.

[Az.]

Camel spiders be not real spiders, they be a type of non-spider arachnid, the Solifugae.

yeah i read somthing about them not actually being arachnids...but they might as well be...

[Psycho4Bud]

Here's a link for ya. Even shows vidio on the lil' monster!!

Giant Camel Spiders in Iraq!!!

The photo below reportedly comes from a soldier, stationed in Baghdad, who was bitten by a camel spider that was hiding in his sleeping bag. Fortunately, these critters aren't venomous... but they're BIG and FAST (they can run around 10MPH).

The photo shows two spiders attached together, and the camera angle makes them look a tad larger than they really are (they're about the size of an adult's hand). They also tend to seek out shade during the daytime, so it's not terribly unusual to see them charging across the desert at you -- only to come to a screeching halt when they reach your shadow
http://www.gophergas.com/funstuff/camelspider.htm

[Melton420]

b9ig ass spider ... thats why im proud to be an american

[yocass]

~lets a tarantula loose in the forum room~

[jacquelyne]

I got spiders (redbacks)tattooed around my arm i really do love them

[Anousenka]

LOL WHOA!!! Here I'd always thought the spiders were the size of that poor man's legs! I never noticed the cuff in the corner heehee, I guess they're not THAT big:):)

[sToNeDpEnGuIn420]

http://www.wimp.com/hung/
ahah he says penis

[Funkamander]

I saw one once. It jumped at my face with a fierce battle-cry. I was dazed, because it bit in my weak eye. But I snapped into combat mode and punched him so hard in the face, he exploded. Then, he came back to life so I shot him in the head with my kickass solid titanium auto shotgun, and he exploded again.