It's usually the little arachnids that are dangerous. The big ones are at worst really annoying (with exceptions, of course).
To those of you who read the snopes article: Arachnids have both 4 pairs of legs and a pair of pedipalps (and a pair of chelicerae). They do walk on all 4 actual legs, contrary to the 3 the snopes article says. Yes, I sent them a correction, but I figured none of you would be likely to reread it, so I passed the info on directly.
<!--QuoteBegin-taboofires+Apr 21 2004, 07:48 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (taboofires @ Apr 21 2004, 07:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's usually the little arachnids that are dangerous. The big ones are at worst really annoying (with exceptions, of course).
To those of you who read the snopes article: Arachnids have both 4 pairs of legs and a pair of pedipalps (and a pair of chelicerae). They do walk on all 4 actual legs, contrary to the 3 the snopes article says. Yes, I sent them a correction, but I figured none of you would be likely to reread it, so I passed the info on directly. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Snopes? Wrong!? BLASPHEMY!!!
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<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->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 gona be having night mares after seeing this photo! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
i saw this thing on a camel spider on the discovery channel not to long ago.
lol those things arnt head crabs, those are face huggers <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> And yes they CAN jump high enough to get up to your face.
as for the little white things those are probably egg sacks. Some ground spiders carry their young with them and hatch them on their back/hind legs ^^ The kiddy spiders will then play piggy back on their mum until it's time for them to go earn their own lives or be eaten =P
they get like four inches long, like a tarantula (kids have tarantulas as pets in this country) they do run pretty damned fast (ive heard theyve been seen chasing tanks for a mile...) and they eat things smaller than themselves. if i were in iraq i would appreciate the camelspiders eating any poisonous scorpions in the area, the same way i appreciate the bats out by my house keeping the mosquito population down.
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The same way I appreciate the Huntsman spiders around my parents place. They keep everything down <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Awesome, I have got to get me a pair of those - great as pets, and if they're intelligent you can train them to scare the **** out of your arachnaphobic enemies!
<!--QuoteBegin-eediot+Apr 21 2004, 08:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (eediot @ Apr 21 2004, 08:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> its not scary at all, you guys are all overreacting wayy too much.. nightmares, wth? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
and the size would probably be about... well, get your hand, and lay it flat on the table. now, you know the knuckled you bend your fingers at to make a fist? go one up, so your fingers are bent in half, and tuck the end of your fingers away... [i.e bend 2nd knuckle away from your palm, into your hand], and lay flat on table. that would be the height. width would be probably twice as wide, but the legs elongate a lot.
nothing really scary about it... its sort of cool, i guess, hehe <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> those are quite complicated explanations considering not everyone has the same size of hand <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Camel spider, known to jump up onto the bellies of camels, even while they're standing, and nibble some of the flesh off. Not afraid to take off a chunk of a persons nose too, as a geologist learned first hand in the desert.
And Quaunaut, it's the sand fly that causes the "Baghdad Boil".
I want a link to the big one! 1600 by 1200! Anyway, those things are wicked large, wouldn't want to fell that tingling in the night on your leg <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-DarkDude+Apr 21 2004, 04:02 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DarkDude @ Apr 21 2004, 04:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Camel spider, known to jump up onto the bellies of camels, even while they're standing, and nibble some of the flesh off. Not afraid to take off a chunk of a persons nose too, as a geologist learned first hand in the desert.
And Quaunaut, it's the sand fly that causes the "Baghdad Boil". <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> From snopes, Camel spiders DO NOT eat antything off camels or humans.
Camel spiders can grow to be as large as dinner plates.
Camel spiders can traverse desert sand at speeds up to 25 MPH, making screaming noises as they run.
Camel spiders can jump several feet in the air.
Camel spiders eat the stomachs of camels, hence the name "camel spider." (Legend includes the detail that camel spiders eat camel stomachs from either the outside in or the inside out. In the former case they supposedly jump up from the ground and grab onto camels' bellies from underneath; in the latter case exactly how spiders allegedly as large as dinner plates get into camels' stomachs intact remains unexplained.)
Camel spiders are venomous, and their venom contains a powerful anesthetic that numbs their victims (thus allowing them to gnaw away at living, immobilized animals without being noticed). U.S. soldiers were said to have been attacked by camel spiders at night but remained completely unaware of their plight until they awakened in the morning to find chunks of their flesh missing. According to most spider experts, these claims are all false. Camel spiders (so named because, like camels, they can be found in sandy desert regions) grow to be moderately large (about a 5" leg span), but nowhere near as large as dinner plates; they can move very quickly in comparison to other arthropods (a top speed of maybe 10 MPH), but nothing close 25 MPH; they make no noise; and 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. They use only three pairs of legs in running; the frontmost pair (called pedipalpa) is held aloft and used in a similar manner to the antennae of insects. Camel spiders shun the sun and generally hide during the day, coming out at night to do their hunting.
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that thing freaked me out too. It looked huge when i first saw that pic (a while back), but i did some reading and found out that's just a basic... spider thing.
I wouldn't say i'm arachnophobic, i just really, really don't like spiders. Or anything with more than 4 legs, really. But i don't think it's fair that they should die just because they scare me. So if there's a spider in the doorway i cringe and wait for someone to come and move it. God help me when i get a place of my own <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Screaming, leaping camel spiders capable of speeds up to 25mph? Sounds like it would make a perfect skulk seeing how everyone here has a bad case of arachnophobia. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Imagine if parasite had some numbing qualities? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <i>"Hey, why can't I hear anything anymore? </i>::Leaps:: <i>AHHAHAHAH!! Get it off me! Get it off meee!!!"</i> ::Marine buddy responds by shooting the hell out of the camel spider, but kills his friend with friendly fire in the process::
<!--QuoteBegin-ElectricSheep+Apr 21 2004, 05:07 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ElectricSheep @ Apr 21 2004, 05:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> From snopes, Camel spiders DO NOT eat antything off camels or humans.
Camel spiders are venomous, and their venom contains a powerful anesthetic that numbs their victims (thus allowing them to gnaw away at living, immobilized animals without being noticed). U.S. soldiers were said to have been attacked by camel spiders at night but remained completely unaware of their plight until they awakened in the morning to find chunks of their flesh missing. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> What the hell? This sentence and paragraph completely contradict themselves. At any rate, it's a confirmed fact that camel spiders do eat flesh from living animals, that's the way they've evolved.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Palm-sized flesh-eating Camel spiders have been found in the kit of forces returning from the field. Although they look ferocious and have a powerful bite, they are harmless – for humans at least. Despite the name and appearance, camel spiders are actually solifugids which, unlike spiders, do not have venom or silk glands. They prey on spiders, scorpions, insects, small vertebrates and other solifugids. Usually nocturnal, they sometimes come out in the day but will seek out shadows, even if the shadow is cast by a human. If the person moves, the solifugid follows the shadow, which gives the impression it is giving pursuit. It’s easy enough to get that impression, particularly as camel spiders can move at speeds of up to 16km/h.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I do remember seeing on the Discovery Channel a few years ago this enormous spider that was living in this dark desert cave. Is that actually the same thing, or is it a completely different species?
P.S. I watched the vid someone posted in this thread, not too freaky I guess. But I watched while holding done FF and F REV and it was LOL funneh, hearing the narrarator talk with a super high pitched voice! \lol
guys... this thread gives me unpleasant tingles just because I remember the piccy whenever I see it, the sooner it gets off the front page again the less freaked out I'll be ^^;
I imagine the spider is shedding its skin, there are not 2 spiders hanging on to each other <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I do remember seeing on the Discovery Channel a few years ago this enormous spider that was living in this dark desert cave. Is that actually the same thing, or is it a completely different species? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> They are the same species. They are pretty much harmless to humans, but still butt-ugly enough to warrant a shotgun to the thorax. Or at least a really, really, REALLY big shoe thrown at them.
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<!--QuoteBegin-venomus+May 1 2004, 09:11 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (venomus @ May 1 2004, 09:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I imagine the spider is shedding its skin, there are not 2 spiders hanging on to each other <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> You'd be able to see through the shedding.
I scrolled through these pages very slowly avoiding pics of spiders.
Then I got to kyliegirl's post and I scrolled back up and stopped looking and posting here.
Camel spiders are like one or is the fastest spider I believe and also..I too have arachnid phobia to some degree.
If I had a gun and a spider was w/in 5 ft of me..or closer..or further..i'd shoot the little s-o-b. <!--emo&::siege::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/siege.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='siege.gif' /><!--endemo--> THE SPIDEY!
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To those of you who read the snopes article: Arachnids have both 4 pairs of legs and a pair of pedipalps (and a pair of chelicerae). They do walk on all 4 actual legs, contrary to the 3 the snopes article says. Yes, I sent them a correction, but I figured none of you would be likely to reread it, so I passed the info on directly.
To those of you who read the snopes article: Arachnids have both 4 pairs of legs and a pair of pedipalps (and a pair of chelicerae). They do walk on all 4 actual legs, contrary to the 3 the snopes article says. Yes, I sent them a correction, but I figured none of you would be likely to reread it, so I passed the info on directly. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Snopes? Wrong!? BLASPHEMY!!!
i saw this thing on a camel spider on the discovery channel not to long ago.
lol those things arnt head crabs, those are face huggers <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> And yes they CAN jump high enough to get up to your face.
The kiddy spiders will then play piggy back on their mum until it's time for them to go earn their own lives or be eaten =P
So do I..... now.
and the size would probably be about... well, get your hand, and lay it flat on the table. now, you know the knuckled you bend your fingers at to make a fist? go one up, so your fingers are bent in half, and tuck the end of your fingers away... [i.e bend 2nd knuckle away from your palm, into your hand], and lay flat on table. that would be the height. width would be probably twice as wide, but the legs elongate a lot.
nothing really scary about it... its sort of cool, i guess, hehe <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
those are quite complicated explanations considering not everyone has the same size of hand <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo-->
And Quaunaut, it's the sand fly that causes the "Baghdad Boil".
Anyway, those things are wicked large, wouldn't want to fell that tingling in the night on your leg <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
And Quaunaut, it's the sand fly that causes the "Baghdad Boil". <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
From snopes, Camel spiders DO NOT eat antything off camels or humans.
Camel spiders can grow to be as large as dinner plates.
Camel spiders can traverse desert sand at speeds up to 25 MPH, making screaming noises as they run.
Camel spiders can jump several feet in the air.
Camel spiders eat the stomachs of camels, hence the name "camel spider." (Legend includes the detail that camel spiders eat camel stomachs from either the outside in or the inside out. In the former case they supposedly jump up from the ground and grab onto camels' bellies from underneath; in the latter case exactly how spiders allegedly as large as dinner plates get into camels' stomachs intact remains unexplained.)
Camel spiders are venomous, and their venom contains a powerful anesthetic that numbs their victims (thus allowing them to gnaw away at living, immobilized animals without being noticed). U.S. soldiers were said to have been attacked by camel spiders at night but remained completely unaware of their plight until they awakened in the morning to find chunks of their flesh missing.
According to most spider experts, these claims are all false. Camel spiders (so named because, like camels, they can be found in sandy desert regions) grow to be moderately large (about a 5" leg span), but nowhere near as large as dinner plates; they can move very quickly in comparison to other arthropods (a top speed of maybe 10 MPH), but nothing close 25 MPH; they make no noise; and 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. They use only three pairs of legs in running; the frontmost pair (called pedipalpa) is held aloft and used in a similar manner to the antennae of insects. Camel spiders shun the sun and generally hide during the day, coming out at night to do their hunting.
If one ever came near me, it either
a) sees me running away like a bunny on crack
or
b) meet the wrath of my trusty BB rifle
I wouldn't say i'm arachnophobic, i just really, really don't like spiders. Or anything with more than 4 legs, really. But i don't think it's fair that they should die just because they scare me. So if there's a spider in the doorway i cringe and wait for someone to come and move it. God help me when i get a place of my own <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
OMG IT HAES DEVOUR!! RUN!11!one
Imagine if parasite had some numbing qualities? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <i>"Hey, why can't I hear anything anymore? </i>::Leaps:: <i>AHHAHAHAH!! Get it off me! Get it off meee!!!"</i> ::Marine buddy responds by shooting the hell out of the camel spider, but kills his friend with friendly fire in the process::
MUAHAAHHAAH!
Camel spiders are venomous, and their venom contains a powerful anesthetic that numbs their victims (thus allowing them to gnaw away at living, immobilized animals without being noticed). U.S. soldiers were said to have been attacked by camel spiders at night but remained completely unaware of their plight until they awakened in the morning to find chunks of their flesh missing.
<!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
What the hell? This sentence and paragraph completely contradict themselves. At any rate, it's a confirmed fact that camel spiders do eat flesh from living animals, that's the way they've evolved.
Although they look ferocious and have a powerful bite, they are harmless – for humans at least.
Despite the name and appearance, camel spiders are actually solifugids which, unlike spiders, do not have venom or silk glands. They prey on spiders, scorpions, insects, small vertebrates and other solifugids. Usually nocturnal, they sometimes come out in the day but will seek out shadows, even if the shadow is cast by a human. If the person moves, the solifugid follows the shadow, which gives the impression it is giving pursuit. It’s easy enough to get that impression, particularly as camel spiders can move at speeds of up to 16km/h.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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I do remember seeing on the Discovery Channel a few years ago this enormous spider that was living in this dark desert cave. Is that actually the same thing, or is it a completely different species?
P.S. I watched the vid someone posted in this thread, not too freaky I guess. But I watched while holding done FF and F REV and it was LOL funneh, hearing the narrarator talk with a super high pitched voice! \lol
I do remember seeing on the Discovery Channel a few years ago this enormous spider that was living in this dark desert cave. Is that actually the same thing, or is it a completely different species? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
They are the same species. They are pretty much harmless to humans, but still butt-ugly enough to warrant a shotgun to the thorax. Or at least a really, really, REALLY big shoe thrown at them.
You'd be able to see through the shedding.
Then I got to kyliegirl's post and I scrolled back up and stopped looking and posting here.
Camel spiders are like one or is the fastest spider I believe and also..I too have arachnid phobia to some degree.
If I had a gun and a spider was w/in 5 ft of me..or closer..or further..i'd shoot the little s-o-b. <!--emo&::siege::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/siege.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='siege.gif' /><!--endemo--> THE SPIDEY!