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Posted: 8/30/2005 8:48:39 PM EDT
Large camel spider in action eating a lizard.  VIDEO HERE

Link Posted: 8/30/2005 8:50:26 PM EDT
[#1]
DAYUM.

Link Posted: 8/30/2005 8:53:42 PM EDT
[#2]
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 8:54:09 PM EDT
[#3]
The hair on the back of my neck won't go down.  God I had bugs.  I'd rather see a 30 ft snake.
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 8:56:50 PM EDT
[#4]
tagged
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 9:09:25 PM EDT
[#5]
Holy fuck.  I found a wolf spider in my house last night, probably 2 inches across - big fucker.  I almost shit my pants.  Those bastards can run fast!!  

This is in addition to the bigass Black Widow I found in the laundry room.  Yes, the house is getting bombed this weekend.

I would piss my pants if I ever came across a camel spider.
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 9:12:43 PM EDT
[#6]
I'd empty a 30 rounder on that mofo... [shudders]
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 9:13:34 PM EDT
[#7]
9mm or 62gr 223?
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 9:14:06 PM EDT
[#8]
impressive most impressive
that looked like a giant anole ( not to be confused with the little anoles you get at a pet shop)
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 9:15:43 PM EDT
[#9]


nasty!
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 9:34:30 PM EDT
[#10]
Meh.. just like the tarantuals in Texas.

So...  
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 9:35:25 PM EDT
[#11]

Quoted:
9mm or 62gr 223?



I want to engage that thing from no less than 1000yds so I vote for a 50cal.
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 9:37:29 PM EDT
[#12]


I only hope it's big enough......
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 9:38:03 PM EDT
[#13]
Stake through the heart or cut off it's head!  
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 9:38:20 PM EDT
[#14]
SOS

Stomp On Sight
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 9:53:11 PM EDT
[#15]
I just squirted into the pants a little, ahem........in the back BTW
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 11:30:17 PM EDT
[#16]
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 11:34:51 PM EDT
[#17]
12 guage shotgun
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 11:37:22 PM EDT
[#18]
Link Posted: 8/30/2005 11:43:12 PM EDT
[#19]
Niiiiiice!

I just wish they had another object in frame to get an idea of scale since lizards can be pretty
darn small.
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 12:02:18 AM EDT
[#20]
nuke it from orbit its the only way to be sure.
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 5:55:23 AM EDT
[#21]

Quoted:
Niiiiiice!

I just wish they had another object in frame to get an idea of scale since lizards can be pretty
darn small.



Look at my pic up above. The spiders get BIG
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 6:11:27 AM EDT
[#22]
Hey, someone grab that for me. Big Boys is blocked here and I gotta see it! PLEASE!!!?!?!?!?!?!
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 6:19:11 AM EDT
[#23]

Quoted:
Meh.. just like the transexuals in Texas.

So...  




HUH?
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 6:25:42 AM EDT
[#24]
That spider looks very similar to the little alien thingys in the movie "Aliens."

Link Posted: 8/31/2005 6:26:53 AM EDT
[#25]
tag
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 6:27:45 AM EDT
[#26]
NUKE FROM ORBIT!!!

ONLY WAY TO BE SURE!!!

Link Posted: 8/31/2005 6:37:41 AM EDT
[#27]
War on terror spiders. Reason #258 to nuke middle east.
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 6:41:42 AM EDT
[#28]
no biggie.

snopes.com
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 6:42:59 AM EDT
[#29]
That is what I would call a "12 gauge solution"  That also make a great song title!
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 6:50:43 AM EDT
[#30]
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 7:41:46 AM EDT
[#31]
Is it true that those things are not technically spiders?
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 7:46:16 AM EDT
[#32]

Quoted:
9mm or 62gr 223?




120MM



Makes me feel a bit better that if I end up in the sandbox, I'll be inside one of these.





-Storm
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 7:47:47 AM EDT
[#33]

Quoted:
Is it true that those things are not technically spiders?


Is it true that those things don't care whether or not they are technically spiders?

Link Posted: 8/31/2005 7:48:22 AM EDT
[#34]
tg
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 8:32:24 AM EDT
[#35]
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 8:40:07 AM EDT
[#36]
i was gonna post it but i feared of the allmighty dupe  
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 8:50:07 AM EDT
[#37]

no biggie.

snopes.com




That's what I though.  I swear, for some of you guys, your reality is the internet.  
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 9:41:46 AM EDT
[#38]

Quoted:
Stake through the heart or cut off it's head!  



 In true ARFCOM style --- GET BOTH

 This is my first 'get both' post ......
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 10:20:16 AM EDT
[#39]

Quoted:

no biggie.

snopes.com




That's what I though.  I swear, for some of you guys, your reality is the internet.  



For some of you guys, you lack any sense of humor...

...did you even read the snopes article?


...they capture prey without the use of either venom or anesthetic. Camel spiders rely on speed, stealth, and the (non-venomous) bite of powerful jaws to feed on small prey such as other arthropods (e.g., scorpions, crickets, pillbugs), lizards, and possibly mice or birds...


Link Posted: 8/31/2005 10:44:16 AM EDT
[#40]
Thanks.... I'll be having nightmares tonight after seeing a big that big. I'd be afraid if I tried to step on that thing with my boot that it would catch my foot and start eating it.
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 10:49:23 AM EDT
[#41]

Quoted:
Is it true that those things are not technically spiders?



They're not spiders, technically or otherwise. Totally different species. That's like asking if a praying mantis is technically not a wasp, for reference.
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 11:01:30 AM EDT
[#42]
They are more closely related to scorpions than spiders, but nasty as hell either way.  We would put the ones that we caught into clear plastic containers and you could hear them chewing on the plastic trying to get out.  At night, they look like rats running across the flightline.  Man those suckers were fast!

edit caus i cint spleell

Link Posted: 8/31/2005 11:10:04 AM EDT
[#43]

Quoted:
Thanks.... I'll be having nightmares tonight after seeing a big that big. I'd be afraid if I tried to step on that thing with my boot that it would catch my foot and start eating it.



My friend tried to stomp one that found it's way into our office (a tractor trailer container) he missed, and it ran up the right leg of his flight suit!  He was outta the suit, boots and all in what seemed like less than 5 seconds.  We all had a good laugh that night (mostly cause he was naked in the hanger and refused to put his clothes back on.  
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 12:01:19 PM EDT
[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:

no biggie.

snopes.com




That's what I though.  I swear, for some of you guys, your reality is the internet.  



For some of you guys, you lack any sense of humor...

...did you even read the snopes article?


...they capture prey without the use of either venom or anesthetic. Camel spiders rely on speed, stealth, and the (non-venomous) bite of powerful jaws to feed on small prey such as other arthropods (e.g., scorpions, crickets, pillbugs), lizards, and possibly mice or birds...





I read it.   watched the video too.   Still................no biggie.
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 3:56:31 PM EDT
[#45]
Fire in the Hole
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 4:02:14 PM EDT
[#46]

Quoted:
Meh.. just like the tarantuals in Texas.

So...  



Nothing like the tarantulas in Texas...I grew up playing with those.

I've had two run-ins with camel spiders.  I came out the winner in both, but the second encounter was a close one...

I have a healthy respect for the bastards, fur shur.
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 4:54:03 PM EDT
[#47]

Quoted:
My friend tried to stomp one that found it's way into our office (a tractor trailer container) he missed, and it ran up the right leg of his flight suit!  He was outta the suit, boots and all in what seemed like less than 5 seconds.  We all had a good laugh that night (mostly cause he was naked in the hanger and refused to put his clothes back on.  



Thanks... now I'm even more freaked out. Are those thing venomous? Do they bite people?
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 5:02:20 PM EDT
[#48]
Where in the F^$@ is Dr. Fridge?

Link Posted: 8/31/2005 5:02:23 PM EDT
[#49]
they can bite hard but no venom
they just rip shit limb for limb when they catch it
Link Posted: 8/31/2005 6:09:52 PM EDT
[#50]

Quoted:
they can bite hard but no venom
they just rip shit limb for limb when they catch it



That video looks like it's using that lizard like a Capri Sun drink pouch, sucking it dry. So you're saying it actually eats b taking bites out of things?

Dude if that thing crawled up my pant leg I'd jump so high they'd have to send a space shuttle into orbit to retrive my wussy ass.
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