Probably some poor sod's face. Why do you think they cover their faces in the middle east? So the camel spider won't eat it...

 

The camel spider isn't really a spider, because it is also called a wind scorpion. BUT it is NOT a scorpion either. It is related to BOTH the spiders and the scorpions, and it belongs to its own group of animals. This large arachnid looks like a huge hairy spider and is unique to the desert. It can be as long as 6 inches across! Camel spiders like to live in barren parts of the desert far away from humans. They don't like oases either, and they feel most at home in the open, uninhabited places of the desert. Most of the time camel spiders hide in their burrows, coming out only when they're hungry. So when they do come out at night to feed, they are very ferocious and dangerous. A hunting camel spider runs across the desert floor almost at lightning speed, and it is so fast that it is impossible for the human eye to follow. When it senses its prey, the camel spider chases after it until it is caught. The greedy camel spiders have a big appetite - they will eat and eat and eat and eat until their bodies are swollen with food and they can hardly move an inch! Then, with great difficulty I imagine, it crawls back to its safe, cosy burrow. The reason why camel spiders have managed to live so successfully in the desert is probably because they spend as little time as they can on the dangerous surface where there are lots of predators.

 

Stop it now! I can't take it anymore. I don't cope with spiders and I am all itchy now. Brrr shudder.

I also wuss out and get the girlfriend to eject unwelcome house guests, and spiders :-)

I spent 1 year travelling Africa - drove from UK in Landy to bottom of Africa and half way back. My biggest fear of this adventure was being eaten by spiders!

 

OMG how scarey does that thing look?!?!?!

 

LOL thread.

 

What happens if you put this crab spider thingy on a chess board?

 

LOL

Or a tarten rug?

I think you should catch it and experiment, i for one would be interested in your findings.

[Edited by cryptwalk - 5/20/2002 6:01:24 PM]

 

Can't say I understand why people who are scared of spiders are reading this far down the thread!

Neverr mind. Wicked photo however. I'd be interested to know what you used to get the shot. Tell me it's a disposable and I'll cry

Joolz

 

Its a Nikon , not quite disposable

I'm off to have a look round the marigolds to see if I can find it

 

You poked it with a stick? Glad i'm not you.. that spiders gonna be after revenge

 

I'm all itchy now!

A gratuitous spider shot for no apparent reason here.


Nice photography by the way mega-stream.

Did you find it again?

Rich




[Edited by RichS - 5/20/2002 10:11:56 PM]

 

Rich

m8 thats not nice
The hairs on my arms honestly stood on their ends when I looked at that picture..

Sod that on my hand

 

Err - slightly embarraced now.

Thought it was a bit scary, but didn't mean to illicit that level of reaction.

It's your thread mate - I'll switch the pic for a link.

Sorry

Rich

 

LOL