# Spiders man! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 7, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670 "2004-04-07T19:59:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@lunatic](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lunatic)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/1 "2004-04-07T19:59:26Z")
Camel spiders! From someone stationed in Baghdad. He was recently bitten by a camel spider which was hiding in his sleeping bag. I thought you’d like to see what a camel spider looks like. It’ll give you a better idea of what our troops are dealing with. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/2 "2004-04-07T20:04:32Z")
not much of warning considering it’s one eight of an inch above that nasty picture. and **ewwwwwww** ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/3 "2004-04-07T20:06:29Z")
> [@xxviii](#): > > not much of warning considering it’s one eight of an inch above that nasty picture. > and **ewwwwwww** yeah, you are right - that’s what I get for copy and paste from an email. Gonna remove that warning right now. Like anyone on this forum needs the warning! (especially after reading fester’s thread about the guy and his eyballs! 😜 ) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/4 "2004-04-07T20:12:00Z")
> [@lunatic](#): > > Camel spiders! > > From someone stationed in Baghdad. He was recently bitten by a camel spider which was hiding in his sleeping bag. I thought you’d like to see what a camel spider looks like. It’ll give you a better idea of what our troops are dealing with. Those are awesome! I want one. > Like anyone on this forum needs the warning! (especially after reading fester’s thread about the guy and his eyballs! ) //Ha Ha - I do what I can :thumb: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/5 "2004-04-07T20:24:40Z")
wait it looks like two or something i’m counting more than 8 legs…maybe my mind is fried from work… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/6 "2004-04-07T20:27:05Z")
😛 yeah, I think there are two. Nastly little f\*\*\*ers aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/7 "2004-04-07T20:32:51Z")
…I think there are 2 spiders… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/8 "2004-04-07T20:50:09Z")
That would be pretty weird to find in a sleeping bag… now im going to be checking mine everytime i go camping… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/9 "2004-04-07T21:04:32Z")
Its kind of hard to tell how big they are in that picture. It actually makes them seem bigger than they really are. About as big as they get is around 3 inches long ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/10 "2004-04-07T21:26:16Z")
Yeah the way that is shot it looks like that spider is leg length, but you can see by the hand holding them that they are only a few inches. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/11 "2004-04-07T21:27:57Z")
There are a lot of myths around them too. Like they can run 30 mph and that they eat camels and whatnot 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/12 "2004-04-07T21:30:03Z")
the only “big” spider in the world is the turantula in South America, which can get up to 12 inches across. Most are only 4-5 at the largest, and are not agressive. It’s the small aggressive ones you gotta watch out for, like the ones above maybe? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/13 "2004-04-07T21:36:16Z")
> **[Do camel spiders eat a camel’s stomach until its intestines fall out?](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2086/do-camel-spiders-eat-a-camels-stomach-until-its-intestines-fall-out/)** > > Doesn’t this sound like the perfect topic for today, April Fool’s Day? We thought you’d appreciate it. Urban legends about the camel spider (properly termed a solpugid or solifugi… [http://www.frgnews.com/spider.htm](http://www.frgnews.com/spider.htm) [http://www.ecologicproductions.com/video\_projects/TSCK/endangered/TSCK\_spider.html](http://www.ecologicproductions.com/video_projects/TSCK/endangered/TSCK_spider.html) just a couple of links i found (the last one is cool- a movie) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/14 "2004-04-07T21:39:58Z")
those pinchers are still pretty creepy 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/15 "2004-04-07T21:46:44Z")
my favourite animal still is the Naked Mole Rat that’s this little sucker: ![](http://www.antville.org/img/urb/nacktmull.jpg) ![](http://www.oinkernet.com/molerat.gif) And not to forget the Grottenolm. Like a friend of mine noticed: blind, deaf, mute,… the porsche in the category pets: ![](http://www.erdkroete.de/87d1e300.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/16 "2004-04-07T21:52:57Z")
Yeah, I agree with what was previously said. The picture makes those spiders look gigantic, but if you look at the hand thats holding it, it’s right up in the lens. They really aren’t _that_ big (tarantula sized). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/17 "2004-04-07T21:58:08Z")
That naked mole rat thing . . . aren’t those the guys from the Quiznos commercials? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/18 "2004-04-07T21:59:55Z")
and from the disney channel show “Kim Possible” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/19 "2004-04-07T22:05:24Z")
the Quiznos animals are monkeys 😃 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670/20 "2004-04-07T22:06:08Z")
:sigh: yeah, deep-fried monkeys maybe . . . [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/spiders-man/106670.md?page=2)