Here is the infamous camel spider. Not that exciting, right? There seem be many legends and myths that surround this creature.
In both Iraq and here in Afghanistan I've never seen any that are much bigger than this. No, I've never seen one eat a person. Yes, they do "follow" you, because they like shade and for most of the day people have a shadow. They're actually not a spider, but closely related to a scorpion. They don't have the tail or the pinchers, though. But they do have these really large claw things in front. Camel spiders aren't poisonous, but they're pretty aggressive and will bite you.
Hopefully that clears up some of the myths. I know there's been a picture circulating around the internet forever of a guy holding up a camel spider as big as he is. I'm pretty sure it was photoshop'd. At least I hope so...
In both Iraq and here in Afghanistan I've never seen any that are much bigger than this. No, I've never seen one eat a person. Yes, they do "follow" you, because they like shade and for most of the day people have a shadow. They're actually not a spider, but closely related to a scorpion. They don't have the tail or the pinchers, though. But they do have these really large claw things in front. Camel spiders aren't poisonous, but they're pretty aggressive and will bite you.
Hopefully that clears up some of the myths. I know there's been a picture circulating around the internet forever of a guy holding up a camel spider as big as he is. I'm pretty sure it was photoshop'd. At least I hope so...
Posts
thats a pretty crazy spider! I saw the pic of the giant spider online, but I don't think it was real. How much would it have to eat everyday? Anyway, how is everything going?
ReplyDeleteYa, I heard they eat whole camels, kind of like Bear Grylls. And little children...
ReplyDeleteHaha, everything is going alright, how's school?
Can you show dad how to post a comment? I don't think he knows how...
ReplyDelete