camel spiders
 

anybody seen these pics circulate the net
this the 1st i heard of camel spiders in iraq
but thats a new reason i wont sign up for war
screw the insurgents and roadside bombs
im tryna stay away from these things!
do a google search for more pics on these things

this is a goliath bird spider

fuck that shit i'm officially arachnophobic

holy shit.

i've BEEN arachnophobic yo :(

Sweet man.. i want one... fuckin throw it on people that piss me of... werd

yea, seen this shit a while ago......

From someone stationed in Baghdad. He was recently bitten by a camel spider which was hiding in his sleeping bag. I thought you'd like to see what a camel spider looks like. It'll give you a better idea of what our troops are dealing with. Enclosed is a picture of his friend holding up two spiders. Warning: not for the squeamish!

This picture is a perfect example of why you don't want to go to the desert. These are 2 of the biggest I've ever seen. With a vertical leap that would make a pro basketball player weep with envy (they have to be able to jump up on to a camels stomach after all), they latch on and inject you with a local anesthesia so you can't feel it feeding on you. They eat flesh, not just suck out your juices like a normal spider. I'm gonna be having night mares after seeing this photo!

:shocked:

post the pic blayboy

^ its that same one

dont they look like the things in alien vs predator?

ROFL LMFAO. i fuckin hope not ^

lol yeah , they really do...

i didnt even realize it was 2 of them in the picture until i read that thing i posted... but i was reading other peoples's responses and they were talking about how they dont really jump onto camels and kill them, theyre just known as that because of where they live, and also they said those are 2 of the biggest ones theyve ever seen, theyre usually like 2-4 inches max... and ALSO, when u look at that picture u automatically use the guy's leg in the back as a comparison for size, but if u look at the sleeve of the dude who's actually holding them you'll see that the picture is misleading... but it did say that they ARE frighteningly aggressive...

all im saying is, i'd rather fight the insurgents than crawl into my sleeping back with one of those

yeah, i agree when we're looking at pictures of the spiders, but you wouldnt say that when you're out in the 110 degree heat getting attacked by the insurgents watching your friends die around you...

^ thats because i wont be there :)
but yeah i feel what you saying

Imagine not noticing that until you needed to wipe your ass.

he should be more afraid of meeting your ass crack if anything

And in defense, bite you in the gonads.

i used to get spiders in my crib, didnt bother them because they kept bugs to a minimum in the summer
we had an understanding
then when i moved out that house, i went and killed them all because our deal was null and void..........

im gettin a red haired taruntula pretty soon here..it aint as close to as those but its about as big as a c.d.

i was IN iraq... them fuckers are definitelyt larger than 2 inches.... shyt's get as big as ya hand... and yes... they do attach to da bottom of camels in the stomach area and feed off of them... if they actually kill the camels i couldn't say but them shyt's will fuck a himan up big time!

word up...

i was hoping somebody who knew would come in here... must have just been some spider enthusiast who was trynna make them sound not as bad, lol...

Those are some big ass spiders....my god.... :wtf: :eek:

^bites

w ow

^yea, shit is fuckin' disgusting and nasty. I hate spiders so much. lol

like when I see one in my room, like and then it goes behind my drawer or my desk, it bothers me ALL day. like I HAVE to see it dead or out of my room to feel calm in my room again. i hate that lol

nah man, if you get alot of bugs summer time its good to have SOME spiders to keep the bugs in check. we used to have this big spider web in our back yard in my grandmoms crib, we'd collect live roaches in a jar and dump em on the web, never saw how big the spider turned out to be though

if i woke up with one of those things in my sleeping bag i'd run the 40 in 3 seconds... then run it back and 1,2 step the shit outta that bitch ass bug

awww..they're so cute!!

I used to be arachnophobic. till you realize the spider's more scared of you than you are of it. now they just fascinate me.

besides that, no matter how diesel they are, they're never more powerful than the bottom of your shoe.

^^ True, but for some reason I can picture a spider like that jumping up into the air and attatching onto your face and eating your brain out, that's fucked up. Lol.

"Vertical leap"

Fuck I use to hate those LITTLE jumping spiders at my cottage, they were able to jump around really quick to avoid you trying to swat them, and they were some of the most aggresive insects i'd ever seen, they'd jump right onto you, bite, and then jump off. So a GIANT jumping spider that feeds on camels, maaaan, I aint tryna step on that, if I was a soldier in Irag i'd totaly bazooka that muh fuckin giant.

lol @ yall talkin big and bad about spiders...

Ha...Your shoe is ineffective when you're sleep and it's crawling in and out of your mouth!



How about this...you go to pick up a rock and a spider bites the shit out your hand...


lol

sounds like your fear and paranoia talking. camels stomach is what...3 feet off the ground?? 4??

I'm over 6 feet tall son, lol, I got ZERO fear of a 4-foot jumpin spider jumpin on my face man, that's paranoid shit. too much TV in your brain. you probably already painted some far fetched horrific images in your mind of this spider with super powers attacking you.


"ohh shit I'm scared of what this spider can't do aahhhhh!!!!" lmao, even worse to have all these nightmares live in your head and be in fear of a spider that's a good 4000 miles away lmao.

nothing to be scared of man, it's just a normal living animal trying to stay alive just like you. Hold a big sider in your hand and you'll find that they're actually pretty docile when you're not screaming like a hoe.

yay.

I know it can't actually jump onto your face, -_-

And I never said I was scared of them, why would I be scared of a spider in Iraq?

I meant like, if I ever actually saw one close by, i'd run like a bitch, lol I can admit that.

Ok, they can't jump 6 feet, true, but they do run 10 mph, and are apparently extremely aggresive when provoked, and maybe walking close to them would be provoking enough.

So like I said, running like a bitch in the other direction would prolly be my plan.

But damn @ how fun it would be to unleash like, 12 of them into a public high school and during their lunch break and start recording.

lmfaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

lmao, man you live in fear of something smaller than a dime that can cause absolutely zero harm to you what so ever.

I heard that same spider rumor in my life time, but yet....not me nor anyone I ever met or knew in my entire life has ever said "wow man, you know, the craziest shit happened to me yesterday night! i woke up with a spider in my mouth!". do you know anyone this ever happened to, cuz I sure as hell don't.

Spiders are terrified of you man, they haul ass the moment they realize you're there. you think any of ems gonna try taking up residence in your face?? yeah right. that's like an escaped convict trying to live in the jails basement.

get real.

nobodies even commented on the bird spider pic i put 2nd post
try holding that in your hand appex!

you never think that you moving fast would be "provoking" them like it does to snakes, bears, rhinos, lions, dogs, and every other animal that has a fight or flight system?

you see a big ass spider son, unless it's heading toward you, don't move. same applies for any animal. stop freeze, calm down, remember it's more scared of you than you are of it, then calmly walk back and away. they don't want a conflict just liek you dont.


running and screaming = OH SHIT HE'S UP TO SOMETHING!! GET EM!!!

I've held a tarantula in my hand many times. it's heavy, it's hairy, it's pretty ugly lookin at first, but once again man, these shits don't attack you for their own personal entertainment, they attack because they feel threatened. don't make em excited and liek I said man, they're pretty chill. just walks around your hand and checks shit out like any animal does in your hand.

no different at all.

startle the worlds cutest puppy and it'll still bite you. it's just a defense mechanism. the same holds true for spiders, dogs, bears, skunks, everything.

shit, ever seen someone with a beard of bees, yet not get one single sting? why you think that is? cuz they're calm and see no need for alarm.
then you got te "bee keeper" who knows he's gonna get stung the first change the bees get. why? he's doing shit to put em on the defensive.

who you want to be? mr. bee-beard who's laughin, or me bee-keeper who's in fear daily?

lol...I don't fear spiders....I was saying that spiders aren't completely defenseless against your shoe.

They can creep up on dat ass.


CRUNCH!

Ya I know that about most animals, usually it's because of their instinct though, when there prey see's them they don't think "I should just stay still", the first thing they do I fucking run. So when a predator animal ee's you running, it's hunting instincts also kick in and it'll take you down. But iunno if it's the same thing for spiders, i'd rather just run from it