You ever see a camel spider?

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 9:45 am

http://www.vbcity.com/forums/topic.asp?tid=64244

That's scary! Roid should like this one.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 9:58 am

Neato mosquito

http://www.faunaimportuk.com/caresheets ... esheet.htm

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 9:59 am

Ahhhh YIKES! Paint em a different color and they would be about right for the spiders in the movie lost in space.

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:15 am

thats no spider! thats a friggin face hugger from Alien!

My arachnophobia is telling me to nuke that thing its so big, lol!

T-Bone · Post by **T-Bone** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:01 pm

Wow, for a minute there I thought this joker was really huge then I noticed there was a little forced perspective trickery going on. When you compare it to the partial hand that is holding it instead of the dude's leg in the background its not quite as scary. Still pretty big though.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:14 pm

I hate spiders.

That thing scares me. If I ever see one of those ill be sure to load it up with 2 shotgun shots before approaching!

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:22 pm

It's the size of my jack russel terrier GET IT AWAAAAYYYy!1

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:30 pm

God damn I hate spiders...

Remember that thread about the spider behind the clock? I didn't sleep very well that night...(really)

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:30 pm

DAYUM!! thats huge.....i think its two spiders too. i see 2 sets of 8 legs

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:33 pm

AceCombat wrote:DAYUM!! thats huge.....i think its two spiders too. i see 2 sets of 8 legs

Y-you mean they can combine and become even more powerful?? Kind of like dogs with bees in their mouths!?

Darkside Heartless · Post by **Darkside Heartless** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:41 pm

I love spiders, I want one like that.

T-Bone · Post by **T-Bone** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:43 pm

But... oh, never mind...

Yeah, it's huge good grief it might gnaw that guys leg in to!

Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Admiral Thrawn** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:03 pm

Topher wrote:
AceCombat wrote:DAYUM!! thats huge.....i think its two spiders too. i see 2 sets of 8 legs
Y-you mean they can combine and become even more powerful?? Kind of like dogs with bees in their mouths!?

Yes, this particular species is known as VoltronArachnida

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:36 pm

Admiral Thrawn wrote:
Topher wrote:
AceCombat wrote:DAYUM!! thats huge.....i think its two spiders too. i see 2 sets of 8 legs
Y-you mean they can combine and become even more powerful?? Kind of like dogs with bees in their mouths!?
Yes, this particular species is known as VoltronArachnida

So you're saying they chop you in half with a sword using the same predictable and repeated animations?

Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Admiral Thrawn** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:38 pm

Don't knock the Voltron hippie!

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:44 pm

So they are called camel spiders because they like...eat camels?

bash · Post by **bash** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:49 pm

I still think a bear holding a shark is scarier. And if the bear had bees in its mouth, I would buy tickets to see it.

Nexus_One · Post by **Nexus_One** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:02 pm

★■◆● THAT!!!! I ★■◆●ing hate spiders, makes my skin crawl just thinking about it...

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:53 pm

"This weird looking arachnid is not in fact a scorpion or spider at all but belongs to its own order- solifugid."

So - not a spider.

Spiders are great. Why the hell would you hate them? They get rid of disease-spreading insects! They are beautiful, and fragile and not-very-dangerous at all, unless you get unlucky.

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 1:01 am

yes sir, those are camel spiders. they look kinda like miniature flattened grenades with legs and a jaw.

they are viscous huge things, have HUGE jaws. and will chase you and even JUMP (quite high) at you, live in the arabian deserts. but yeah, have no poison, but it doesn't stop them chasing and chewing on you.

somethingawful.com used to think they were the coolest things on earth a few years ago

, that's how i know about them

interesting though, i never knew they wern't spiders.
i think our friend "laser spider" would kick it's ass though.

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 1:33 am

Looks like one was trying to chow down on the other.
Imagine waking up with these things in your sleeping bag... shudder.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:58 am

Usually I shoot spiders wit my bb gun, but I dunno if it could kill that thing...

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:34 am

Topher wrote:God damn I hate spiders...

Remember that thread about the spider behind the clock? I didn't sleep very well that night...(really)

What?

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:54 am

shiver...

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:39 pm

That was funny. Anyone have the real pic?

I like spiders. They go really good with some pico de gallo on the side.

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:32 pm

Dedman wrote:That was funny. Anyone have the real pic?

I like spiders. They go really good with some pico de gallo on the side.

Uh huh, funny thing how all spiders are poisonous to eat...

Edit: Here's the pics I'm talking about:
http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/spiderphotos03.htm
Search for "clock".

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 3:04 pm

Sage wrote:Usually I shoot spiders wit my bb gun, but I dunno if it could kill that thing...

i bet my high power BB Gun could want to borrow it

Liquid Fire · Post by **Liquid Fire** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 3:43 pm

Lets see...as a kid, I kept wild turantulas in cages as pets (inexplicably, the other bugs I put in there kept dying...). The best place to find them was in my pool. Also, at night my dad and I would go hunting for scorpions with a blacklight and a hammer. Then in the day, we would go hunting for black widows under the old motor home with double cans 'o' raid.

Ah, those were the days

and no, spiders don't bother me.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:16 pm

Liquid Fire wrote: Also, at night my dad and I would go hunting for scorpions with a blacklight and a hammer.

why with Black lights???

KaTaNa · Post by **KaTaNa** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:58 pm

Yes, I remember seeing these spiders when I was deployed to Desert Storm in '91. Came back one night and found one on my bunk. Took about six smacks with a board before it stopped twitching. Saw one running around outside one night too. The SOBs are FAST.... I have picture of the one I killed, nasty looking beast...about the size of my hand.

T-Bone · Post by **T-Bone** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:41 pm

AceCombat wrote:why with Black lights???

Scorpions fluoresce under black lights.

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 9:35 am

guess they found the weapons of mass destruction....

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 5:18 pm

More info on that picture..

TigerRaptor · Post by **TigerRaptor** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:01 pm

Did I just count ten legs on that spider?

roid · Post by **roid** » Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:56 pm

kinda. the 2 front ones are used for catching prey. they are more like ARMS, clasified as a part of the mouth really.

and they're not spiders

(but are related, like scorpions, and are arachnids)