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(Message started by: BruceD on Jun 17^th, 2004, 2:16pm)

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by BruceD on Jun 17^th, 2004, 2:16pm

[smiley=JAW_DROP.gif] is right!!!

Heck, the only good thing I can say about that is at least those boys be carrying M4s or M16s. Yikes, I wonder how many rounds one of those buggers could take before keelin' over.

BruceD

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by BlueMeanie on Jun 17^th, 2004, 2:19pm

OMG.

Now that is outright scary. That can't be real can it ?

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by Jeepgun on Jun 17^th, 2004, 2:54pm

They are pretty large. I've seen them up-close and personal. They are camel spiders, though technically, not spiders. They jump from the sand and attach themselves to the bellies of camels. They get to be about palm-sized... Ferocious little devils... We used to put them in jars with scorpions. Most of the time, the spiders would win. They look MASSIVE in that photo, but compare their size with the soldier's sleeve in the photo, and you can see that they really aren't as big as they look.

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by Leesa on Jun 17^th, 2004, 3:44pm

OMG [smiley=JAW_DROP.gif] [smiley=eek.gif] that thing gives a whole new meaning to NASTY!!! Keep it AWAY from me!! I dont like spiders in anyway shape, fashion or form!!! Now Ill have nightmares about the damn things tonight!! And I got the "willies" Ewwwww YUCK
Hiding now, Leesa Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by Paigelle on Jun 17^th, 2004, 3:44pm

[smiley=ugh.gif]

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by Charlie on Jun 17^th, 2004, 3:49pm

Wow. Beat me to it. I was going to ask if that was a camel spider that our friend Jason mentioned. He mentioned the scorpians too.

Didn't have a clue that they were BIG "spiders.....

Yikes.

Charlie

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by Woobie on Jun 17^th, 2004, 3:49pm

what IS it?

for real......... what is it?

YUCK!

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by Jeepgun on Jun 17^th, 2004, 3:57pm

More related to termites, if I remember correctly. Still, they probably fall into the same family/class/genus as arachnidae, though. Spiders have two body parts: Head and abdomen. If you look at these guys, you can see that in addition, they have a thorax; more like insects. I'll bet if you breaded and fried them and used the right sauce, they'd be pretty tasty. ;;D

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by Root on Jun 17^th, 2004, 4:01pm

Hells bells atleast King Crab are good eating spiders that sucker doesn't even have decent legs on it.

[smiley=smartass2.gif]

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by vig on Jun 17^th, 2004, 4:49pm

shoot, this one doesn't compare....

but since it's spider day....

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b4d836b3127cceb02b589cbe790000001610

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by firebrix on Jun 17^th, 2004, 6:04pm

Now that's a dear little spider vig!! similar to those we have in our garden.
King of Pain's spider is a different kettle of fish altogether. Ye gods! iIts even bigger than our Avondale spiders who were the stars in Arachniphobia!! (which I didn't watch)
Poor camels.
firebrix who likes all spiders except the bitingest ones.

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by Jeepgun on Jun 17^th, 2004, 11:56pm

Growing up in the Mojave desert, rainy summer evenings were GREAT!! We'd be driving down the road and in the headlights, you could see tarantulas scuttling off of the road. Pretty damn cool... :)

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by Jimmy_B on Jun 18^th, 2004, 7:14am

http://www.snopes.com/photos/images/camelspider3.jpg

Camel Spiders....Related to both the Scorpion & Spider Family...Grow up to 5inches accross, can run up to 10 mph...& are also found in the deserts of the western United States & Mexico.

They mainly feed at night & hide during the day. Their main food staples are crickets, pillbugs, & scorpions. They rely on their speed & stealth to catch their prey & have voracious appetites.

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Jimmy

Title: Re: Picture Of The Day [Thursday]
Post by Kevin_M on Jun 18^th, 2004, 8:01am

They've gotten pretty big over there. Apparently, there's no animals that prey upon them. What the heck would go hunting for those to eat. Big meal.