View Full Version : Iraq spiders


ady189
22-04-2004, 14:13
What does everyone recon to this?
I've attached an image that i cam across and some text about them, does anyone else know anything else about these?
Or if it is even true.
Check it out.

http://www.ordinaryday.co.uk/nick/archive/2004/04/16/257.aspx

mikey
22-04-2004, 14:17
looks like a frigging lobster, bet they are nice with a bit of garlic butter.

wibbles
22-04-2004, 14:18
I don't care what they're called..If i saw that I would run like the wind whether they bite or not

Geoff
22-04-2004, 14:21
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_camel_spider.htm

This scary-looking creature (actually, it's a pair of scary-looking creatures dangling end-to-end) is indeed commonly called a camel spider, but it is found in arid locales all over the world — including the southwestern United States — not just in the Gulf region.

A typical specimen can grow to about the size of a child's hand, but, though they are known for being vicious predators (see video), camel spiders are neither venomous nor a threat to human beings.

They don't eat camels, either.

:P