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08-30-12, 06:32 PM
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Re: My new creepy
We caught a big one of those in Iraq that we fed lizards and mice. They are cool, got one hell of a bite though!
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08-30-12, 06:52 PM
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Re: My new creepy
I waged war on them this year. Got bit in the neck by one earlier this summer, hurt like hell. That started the battle. Plus one was about to devour my lil shovel-nose.
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08-30-12, 08:51 PM
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Re: My new creepy
Sigh, only you BB ... that is one ugly spider-whatever-it-is. It's the stuff of my nightmares 
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08-30-12, 09:05 PM
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Re: My new creepy
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Sigh, only you BB ... that is one ugly spider-whatever-it-is. It's the stuff of my nightmares |
You know you want it.
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08-30-12, 09:06 PM
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Re: My new creepy
For those who would like to know a bit more about these incredible creatures:
Solifugids Arthropoda
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08-30-12, 09:10 PM
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Re: My new creepy
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You know you want it.
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No. I want Nero and Winter.
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08-30-12, 09:14 PM
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Re: My new creepy
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Awesome. Thanks for providing that.
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No. I want Nero and Winter.
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You can't have them. 
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08-31-12, 08:54 AM
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Re: My new creepy
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look at the size of that one in the picture
bloody hell,i would be off in the opposite direction,as fast as my wee legs would carry me 
those are scary beasty's
cheers shaun
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08-31-12, 10:00 AM
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Re: My new creepy
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look at the size of that one in the picture
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A photographer's trick, Shaun.  The camera was extremely close to the solifugids which made them look larger than they really were.
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08-31-12, 10:02 AM
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Re: My new creepy
NO WAY!!! BB, you lucky bugger, where did you get one>??? I totally want a camel spider! Is it as nasty and fast as everything you read on them says?
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08-31-12, 10:03 AM
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Re: My new creepy
This is the image I found when I googled "camel spider"... please tell me it won't get this big:
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08-31-12, 10:05 AM
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Re: My new creepy
That's a molt from one...the empty skin left behind. And yes, the size looks about accurate. They are not small, but they're not nearly as huge as the viral photos online make them out to be.
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08-31-12, 10:29 AM
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Re: My new creepy
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This is the image I found when I googled "camel spider"... please tell me it won't get this big:
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Definitely a molt, but without seeing the head section I would have to take the photographer's word for whether on not it belongs to a solifugid -- though I am very sceptical. Based on the photo, I would have to say "no, this does not belong to a solifugid". Why? One there aren't enough "legs" While soli's do have eight actual legs, they appear to have ten due to the pedipalps extreme length. In addition, the feet do not look right. If anything, I would say that this is a picture of a sea spider (a crustacean, not truly a spider).
As for the size, this would be extreme although there are some good sized soli's out there. (Again, the size puts the organism above in the typical range for sea spiders.) Just as there are snake species at both ends of the size spectrum, so there is a range of sizes amongst the various species of solifugids. Most are quite small -- around the size of a typical field cricket ... with some even smaller.
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08-31-12, 10:35 AM
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Re: My new creepy
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Originally Posted by shaunyboy
please don't take this the wrong way pal
but thats one butt fugly creepy wee beasty you got there.....
a face only a mother could love 
have to admit i'm curious to see it as an adult ?
i'd be too creeped out to keep them,i'm too much of a scardy cat,when it comes to scary wee beastys 
i'd run for the hills if i come across one of them
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Nice looking guy you got there... please don't let it eat me- it's about to jump out if my phone at any minute :/
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You know what's funny? It seems the snake lovers are the most creeped out by these things. Yes I'm a snake guy and yes I'm a bit hesitant to have one of these as pets but I've been intrigued by arachnids of all kinds for a long time. Maybe someday...
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08-31-12, 10:50 AM
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slainte mhath
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Re: My new creepy
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NO WAY!!! BB, you lucky bugger, where did you get one>??? I totally want a camel spider! Is it as nasty and fast as everything you read on them says?
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sometimes you worry me Kimberly
cheers shaun
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