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Sunday, December 08, 2002
camel spiders
these things are freaking crazy!!! it's like a nightmare you can't get away from. they aren't venomous, they're like a spider, but they're more like a scorpion. they love mosquito nets and crawl all over them.... they actually will bite you in the face... so far i've only seen them in pictures in texas, south africa, kuwait, kuwait having the most monstrous 8 inch ones that can cause serious damage... ugh! just look up images for "camel spiders" on google.com ...it's my worst nightmare of a "bug" they have two pairs of jaws that open up like predator and when it runs it keeps its two huge front legs up... they also call them wind spiders b/c they run so fast you can barely see them, and sun spiders because they always run toward shade, even if its human shadow.. and if you try to run, it'll run after your shadow... i wasn't too sure about how scary it was until i read this one log from awhile ago... read on!
marines account of camel spiders
a few up close pictures
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