chris_smith
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| posted on 27/8/08 at 08:33 AM |
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is this for real??? (if you dont like spiders dont click me)
They run 10 mph, jump three feet, are a nocturnal spider, so only come out
> at night unless they are in shade.
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> When they bite you, you are injected with Novocain so you go numb
> instantly.
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> You don't even know you are bitten when you are sleeping, so you wake up
> with part of your leg or arm missing because it has been gnawing on it all
> night long.
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> If you are walking around and you bump something that is casting a shadow
> over it, and the sun makes contact with it, you better run. It will
> instantly run for your shadow, and scream the whole time it is chasing
> you.
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> PS. The one on the bottom is eating the one on the top.
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> These are Spiders found daily in IRAQ by troops.
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> Imagine waking up and seeing one of these in your tent!!
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[Edited on 27/8/08 by chris_smith]
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iank
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| posted on 27/8/08 at 08:43 AM |
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Picture is a real camel spider, description is wildly inaccurate.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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smart51
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| posted on 27/8/08 at 10:17 AM |
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Look at the sleeve on the right hand side of the picture to give you some perspective. The link says the spiders grow to 5" or 6" leg
span. Not a couple of feet as they first appear in this shot.
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 27/8/08 at 06:12 PM |
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Aye camel spiders. Encountered loads of these bastards whilst in Iraq myself. 5"-6" is more realistic. They don't gnaw arms or legs
off and I believe from speaking to a man that got bitten that it is very painful and not numbed at all. They are double hard though. A fella working
with us hit one square on from the top with the end of a brush handle, directly down and it just shrugged it off. They can run fast too.
Loads of wierd and nasty shits over there. Used to be a kind of fly that bit, numbed then kinda pulled a small cork shape out of your leg usually.
First you knew was loads of blood. 
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 28/8/08 at 10:16 AM |
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Another nasty bleeder!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 28/8/08 at 07:56 PM |
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Ugh. Anyone seen the Phil Jupitus sketch on spiders? That's me that is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cUiCW-KfUQ
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