Camel Spider
A camel spider, which is also in the class Arachnida with spiders interestingly enough, is not a spider at all. A camel spider is actually a solpugid, and there are about 900 species of them known to date. Around 50 species of camel spiders are found in southwest US and about 240 in southern Africa. The reason behind the name ‘camel spiders’ is simply because they are found in the desert. A Camel spider is also known as wind scorpion, sun spider, and wind spider.
A camel spider can run at 30 mph and they have a terrifying scream while they run! At least that is what urban legend and popular myths would have you believe. The truth is that a camel spider can only run about 10 mph. Camel spiders can get up to 6 inches long and are nocturnal creatures (prefer the night). the Camel Spider will dig holes and burrows where they spend time during the day. Because the camel spider possesses no venom and is not poisonous and must rely on other assets, for example their force and their speed.
Camel Spiders
Camel Spiders can jump 4 or more feet into the air, eat the stomachs out of camels, and can grow to be the size of a dinner plate – again, another myth of which none are true.
In fact, the picture of the soldier holding the camel spider is really a picture of two camel spiders attached to one another and held out in front of the soldier to make it appear larger than it really is! The picture of the smaller camel spider below is what you can expect.
Screaming Spider
What spooks so many people is that the camel spider seeks out shadows, so if your walking (and even running), the camel spider will actually follow your shadow! This leads to people imagining that the spider is screaming while chasing them!
Because they run so fast and stay in your shadow, you might think they are chasing you but in fact, they are simply staying out of the light.
The next time you are walking and notice a massive spider following you, don’t get to excited, it’s just you standard camel spider seeking shelter.
Camel spiders are nocturnal and they spend most the day hidden in burrows that they excavated themselves rather than using a pre-existing hole.
A Camel spider is more likely to be seen during the spring and summer months due to the fact that they dislike cold weather. Camel spiders typically feed on insects, scorpions, or lizards and often eat so much that they become bloated and can hardly move (much like I do when eating out!)
The camel spider is not dangerous and typically does not bite humans unless it is on accident or they feel threatened (except for this Camel Spider Bite), as is the case with other spiders. Like other spider bites, it is important to consult a doctor immediately after being bitten by a camel spider, especially if the kind of spider is unknown.
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Although the camel spider can be very large, they are not as dangerous as some would have you believe. In fact, the camel spider has been and is being used to scare the troops by playing on a persons fear of spiders, and the camel spider is big enough to do just that!
Stories are released on the web with pictures of huge gaping wounds from the camel spider’s bite. It’s a pretty successful ploy and plays on a person’s fear of spiders, so successful that some will do anything to avoid coming in contact with one.
Camel Spider bites if treated shortly after being bitten will not cause the damage you see from pictures found on the internet. The fact is, almost any bite, left untreated could become infected and do damage, the key is to seek treatment as soon as possible.
So, the next time you see pictures of the camel spider and the bites from these spiders, stop and ask yourself where you’re viewing the picture from? If it’s from a hospital or university, then take the time to read the article and you’ll likely see that is wasn’t a camel spider and more likely a spider bite that went untreated for far too long.
I did some reading about these things after receiving a “OMG” email about camel spiders… ok, so they don’t run screaming for your blood… the truth is plenty freaky enough.
I live in Las Vegas, My cat found a camel spider!
eww..camel spiders are disgusting!! I feel so bad for the men and women fighting for freedom, not only putting up with people shooting at them..but with these spiders too! God bless the troops!
I want one as a pet. They look cuddly
i love camel spiders there so awsome i want one so bad
Corey,ur CRAZY!
Why would ANY of u want to have one of these camel spiders as a pet???? One of the MYTHS might be TRUE!!
Joe is right!
I am doing a report on the camel spider and i think they are flipping sweet! i still am terrified of spiders though!
My older brother is in the Army and he goes to Iraq in early summer. He told me that he was more fearful of these spiders than of I.E.D’s, Roadside Bombs…etc. I am trying to find information to calm him down a bit. Although you are making them sound harmless, I would hate to have a spider the size of my foot chasing my shadow around in the desert.
I’m going to Kuwait in 2 weeks and have been looking into these things, as my brother, who’s in the Nat’l Guard, told me all kinds of horror stories about them. Mostly though, he said the troops would catch them and make them fight each other or a scorpion or something, like in the movie Jarhead. I just hope one doesn’t decide to hide out in my boots or anything…
Hi Kate,
Can you do me and the readers here a big favor? Can you send me a camel spider? Perhaps you might find a dead camel spider that you could send off? I would be willing to pay you for this, so please let me know if this sounds interesting and we’ll go from there.
Best regards and stay safe!
Jim
to the guys that think that camel spiders are cool, doods rock on. i mean who wouldn’t want to see a spider that big, i mean that would be flippin amazing man. i wan’t one too, i think it would be a cool pet
I want one so bad!!!!!!!!!! those things are awesome. I’d name mine Buck!!!
i went to egypt and my boy friend got bit by a camel spider when we where on the quod bikes goning thought the desert it was horribull they run so fast ;(
Those of you who still believe the myths, please, go back to hunting for alligators in New York’s sewers. Camel spiders just got a bad reputation. How many people are bitten by dogs and cats every day? Now, how many are bitten by camel spiders? Logically, we should be terrified of dogs, who kill people, especially young children, rather than an insect that can give you a painful, but relatively minor bite.
coolest spider iv ever seen
I am in the military guys and let me tell you, these things are fake.
Its like a military prank to tell people horrifying stories about these things, but in actuality they arent that big. The largest they get is 6 inches and they wont just randomly chase you down and bite you.
If you do some research and look for the FULL photo that is shown above, you’ll see that it is an illusion. The 1SG in the pic is holding 2 six inch camel spiders on a string close to the camera lens. When you cut out the guys photo who is actually holding them, you’ll see its just an illusion and actually the spiders arent anywhere near the soldiers leg or near that size.
I am arachniphobic and still i want one of these spiders!
I want to buy a broadsword, go out to the desert, and battle camel spiders.
Dude these camel spiders R awsome
I realy want to go to iraq and im only 14
I want to shoot one for target practice
REALLY REALLY REALLY BAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey jim, I have a camel spider that my son just found crawling on the ground on my front porch, and we don’t live in Iraq. We live in the U.S. Email me soon because I dont think i will hold on to it too long. It is gross and scary.
Okay
talk to u soon
Well , I have a farm with a nice house that attracts many camel spiders.
Last night I smashed two of the camel spiders ( 2 inch each) I know them well, since I served in Iraq for two years 03-05
If you ( the reader) want to have one of them ! sure we can arrange something!
Just let me know
Im in iraq and i have one in my house for a pet. kind of keeps the varments down
Wow! I hate those camel spiders, they look scary!
Think Camel Spiders are just incredible, and this site is a mine of information. Does anyone know if they are legal as pets? Where could you get them from if they were?
I believe they are legal, but not 100% positive. I have been looking to buy a camel spider for a long time now and have yet had someone who is interested in selling.
If you find out anything, please let me know – perhaps we could get a two for one special on these
Best regards,
Jim.
howdy. im lcpl long and im currently stationed in al asad air force base in iraq and i have had many encounters with camel spiders. i have had to find out some things about these spiders the hard way, but i have found out many of the things posted on this page. i would love to tell stories or give info if you just let me know when and/or to who. just email me and i’ll get to you as soon as i can. i can even get you your own if you like
Well, I can’t sell you one, but I can send you a live wild one straight from Iraq, if you like. I have gotten very close to many in the last few days. The most recent, was also the most aggressive. I was taking out the trash from the RDF I work in (Regional Detention Facility) and to get to the dumpsters, there’s a huge metal door you have to swing open to go out. On the door/gate is a large lock that bangs around when you try to open it.
What happened next, I didn’t even believe. I heard a scratching behind me a few meters away, and from underneath a water pallet it came. It was about the size of my hand, its body alone, and headed in a straight line towards me. Is moved so fast it covered 30 ft in about two seconds flat. I turned to startle it, I guess, only to find it pick up speed! I stomped at it and of course it moved. It just sat there for a second until I tried to stomp on it again. Then it simply turned around and headed back towards the pallet.
I stomped one last time in front of it, trying to divert its course to capture it. It jumped onto my ankle and ran up my leg. I didn’t even notice it was on me until it was at my knee cap. I swatted it down to the ground, where it proceeded to veer its front two legs upward at me and kinda starred at me. I caught it in an empty water bottle and got rid of it later. So far, the other marines and myself have found the spiders do follow your shadows and may attack. Nothing to be scared of, but do take precautions.
Also, the easiest way to get kill them is to step on them or smash them with something. Water doesn’t effect them like rumors say, unless you use an abundance. Also, don’t try lighting them on fire to kill them (we found out the extremely hard way) simply because you will have a running fireball on your hands then.
If there is any other questions or requests for pictures, find me on yahoo or yahooim.
tj long
lcpl usmc
I’ve spent time in Iraq dealing with much of the wildlife (if any) this place has to offer. I’ve seen one man that has been bitten by a Camel Spider. It was about the same if he had been stuck with a staplegun, no poison either. The Camel Spider is nothing more than a great way to scare your friends.
We had camel spiders in Eritrea/Ethopia when we were over there but noting compared to those ones in Iraq. They long really scary.
I’m in Algeria near Hasse Masoud. An electrician was in my porta camp discussing the next week’s work and left to enter the coffe room about 20ft away. As he entered, someone yelled, “it’s on your shoulder” (Camel Spider). He is an Aussi so he threw his cup of water on his shoulder tho’ he saw nothing. The camel spider ran to the other shoulder where he saw it and flipped it into the air. It did a flip or two and landed in the boiling coffee water.
The spider was about 3″ long. I was glad to clear up the urban myths above so I can sleep again!
Read up on Camel Spiders! I have served for 19 years in the military and deployed 7 times to the Middle East during my career; in fact I just returned from Iraq two weeks ago. Read the comments by Will in this forum. The infamous picture you see here and floating all over the web (no pun intended) is an illusion! The largest they get is about 7 inches. Still, yes, that’s pretty freaking big but the ‘average’ North American Tarantula can grow to twice the size of any camel spider and the largest spiders in the world live in South America and grow to the size of dinner plates!
i spend two years searching in books to learn about these little creatures i found in a country house i bought at 2005.The place is called S.George in mount Pelion in central Greece. Its about 620 m. high and the climate is not tropical like i read that the camel spiders live. They appearing about early June,untill the end of September.Every summer night i kill one or two of them because i didnt know how dangerous they were,and because my kids were frightened. I was very lucky when the first days of May i found a magazine of National Geographic from July 2004 ,that had an article about wind scorpions.
I am in baghdad and I got bit by the camel spider and now it is affecting my speech badly and now i am very scared of what and how it is going to affect me in the future.
Please, if anyone out there knows of anything about it let me know.
Thanks so very much.
Hello John,
Where were you bitten by the Camel Spider, in the face? Can you take a picture and post it?
Regards,
Jim.
I think camal spipers are awsome my brother who is a marine is in iraq and he uses them for shooting practice
what does it look like when you grt bit my a camel spider
I want to see some more of these spiders fight that would be just AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
i am currently in iraq and let me tell you these camel spiders are scary as hell and i really don’t want to find out if they are harmless or not. I killed two just yesterday, one of which was crawling on my foot as was looking into a box. I’ve seen about six of them this past week, the largest being about 5 inches long.
I’m in Northern Iraq right now and the Camel Spiders are just starting to come out (about 2 weeks now). We’ve caught a few and the biggest would have to be about 5 inches, including its legs. We fed it lizards (it’s gross to watch these things eat) until the sack in the back (I don’t know what it’s called) became too big for it to move itself. So I guess it’s possible for them to eat themselves to death?
We fought another one about the same size with all kinds of animals. It definitely won against scorpions, and conquered other Camel Spiders too. However, we set it up against a Kangaroo mouse (very cute animal), and the mouse went to town on it. It hopped on the spider’s back and immediately tore off the top two pincers. After that, it tore off part of one of the legs. At that point, the spider was trying to run from the mouse, but it had no chance. It’s definitely not a sprinter like some others claim. The fight lasted about 35 seconds from releasing the two on the table.
Well, I have a few more stories for you guys if you want, so just let me know if you want to hear them.
—Dustin
I want a camel spider so i can scare my family and friends.
I found a 2″ Wind Scorpion (Camel Spider) in the Northern San Joaquin Valley, California. It was in the entryway by the spot where we leave our shoes. It was about 11:45 AM. Creepy…I don’t want these guys in my house! I have little kids that pick up everything!!!I did not know they are way up here. Where is my exterminator!!!!
that is flippen sweet! Now i’m going to have nightmares! To your benafit i’m going 2 tell every 1 about this site!!
These camel spiders are awesome and I want one as a pet!
i had one of these things crawl onto my boot and i just sort of kicked and it flew against the wall. i think i broke one of its legs because it just sort of hobbled off into a corner. i tried to find it but i couldnt.
I am living In Mirpurkhas Sindh Pakistan near the second largest desert of the world THAR DESERT. I have hunted few camel spider and available for sale.
Hey i live in west texas and in just killed a camel spider yesterday. It was only about 3″ long. If you live in west texas, they’re here!
Update:
Well, it’s now a week later and I just killed another one in my office again. The two I have killed were already dying because we have an exterminator come and spray for scorpion, roaches, mice, ect. so if you have a problem with them in you house i would definitly call the exterminator asap!
You can also find them in South Texas as well. They come out to feed on moths and other night insects on my porch at night. They have a voracious and it would be quite a chore to maintain one. If cornered (or poked with a stick) they will rear up in defence mode ready to bite. I usually see them from spring through summer. Just looking at these things makes my skin crawl!
I see that some of you like to have them as pets, but think of it, some times your pet get loose in your room and you have to look for it. So imagine you are sleeping, and that so called pet gets loose at night, comes and crawls all up on your neck and bites you.
But you know what, when it bites, it injects you with a soothing substance that makes it numb for the period of time that it’s needed for your muscle to break down into a mush. That pet of yours, will suck on that degenerated muscle until it is full, or someone else sees it, and kills it. Now comes the good part, Camel-Spider lovers, that pet of yours injected you with a substance that actually eats at your skin and dissolves into mush. Your doctor has to carve at lease an inch or more to stop the progress of your destructive muscle. At last, you will be left with a gapping hole that is if it did not damage your aorta and you die in the process. But, if you are the lucky one that gets it on the arm or leg, you will have a big gapping hole close to your bone.
For your information, think of your kids, brothers or sisters, what you get them for pets.
As for me, I will scream bloody murder if I see one, and that is what I heard from some fellow Marines that have deployed to Iraq.
EWWW – I hate spiders and I hate looking at them. I hate everything about them and I think there just gross!
i have just viewed this web page and let me say i am going to be having nightmares for a long time
This site is great!! I finally identified the camelspiders I kept finding about 2 years ago. Up here in No. Calif, they are only about 1″ to 1 1/2″ long, but they are pretty fierce with those big black pinchers and they run FAST. Once I knew they were harmless, and actually eat bad bugs, I left them alone. I had just figured out on the internet what they were, and everyone thought I was nuts, and then that Nat. Geographic article came out. Bug Girl was vindicated!
We have one as a pet. his name is Murry and he eats just about every thing we put in the cage (moths, beatles) he digs under a slate rock which is on top of sand and comes out at night.
I’m here in Las Vegas, NV and have several of these running rampant in our house. The camel spider seems to like the Garage and the Patio equally well and we have noticed that they are extremely aggressive.
Does anyone know any reason why we’re getting sooo many of these. We’ve been here for years and this is our first time running across them.
Hey these camel spiders look cool but they also scare me…. LOL!!!
I have them in my back yard with wolf spiders, crab spiders and other and many others.
This web page is great. I found one in my daughter’s bedroom. I had no idea what kind it was or if it was dangerous. We live in central Wyoming. What are they doing here? They are creepy! Thanks again for the info.
My husband and I have been in the military for almost 13 years. These spiders are not something the miltary uses to scare people as I have read on here. They are real, they are big, and very gross. We have recently found 6 in our home in S.E. Wyoming and we are wondering why they are here. Are they taking over the planet? What’s going on. Does anyone know if they can tolerate the cold or can adapt? Where can we find out more info?
I actually study zoology and these spiders are part of my course. They are incredibly interesting. You can find them in many parts of South Africa and saw plenty of them in Sudwana. They come out at night to hunt, so seeing them all over the show on your way to the bathroom in a campsite is freaky yet common. They are beautiful creatures and since I’ve studied them closely, I actually like them. Although a bite could be pretty nasty.
i found one in my living room this weekend. It looks like a fake rubber spider. Didn’t know they can be found in Israel…
Pinny
Sending a camel spider from Iraq can’t be legal.
My boyfriend went to put his shirt on the other day and a camel spider came out of it. We live on the central coast of California. I didn’t realize they were in this area…
I live in Northeastern Colorado and we found a Camel Spider today in my brother’s family room. It was maybe 1-1 1/2 inches long. My nephew’s going to keep it as a pet and see how big it gets.
I’m afraid of Spiders and hope I never run into a camel spider!
We get a lot of camel spiders out here and they really to scare us! They are usually not as big as the picture you have but they are fast and having one walk across you is a frightful experience. I will send some pictures of these guys soon.
To those of you who would like to keep a camel spider, you are crazy! Who in the world would want to keep a foot long spider in their house? If i saw one I would beat the living crap out of it with a baseball bat!
My husband and I live in BEND, OR and we found a camel spider in our house. Is that possible and if so where did it come from??????
Thanks for the help
It’s all very nice talking about the myths surrounding these camel spiders, but they are not really dangerous or aggressive. I am from Holland and live in South of Turkey for most of the summer at appr. 600 meters high in the mountains and encouter these beasties on a regular basis.
A camel spider looks pretty scary I know, but they will eat all those other annoying insects for me ! Love ‘em. Biggest I’ve ever seen was appr. 2.5 inches long. The photo with the big killer spiders is a complete hoaxe and is really just two spiders attached.
To all the spider lovers saying that you want to have a pet spider: you have no idea what you are in for, especially if the bloody thing escapes!! The only good spider is a dead spider (under my shoe).
I just caught a camel spider with a bug vac. It came running in to the dinning room right at my wife. I was lying on the couch as my wife was on the computer. I got up and sid to her ‘I need you to get out of the chair’, then she goes to get out and the thing runs underneath her. So I say wait, now I need to you to lift up your feet and keep them there. Of coarse she is freaking out the whole time. Thank goodness for Black and decker’s cordless dust buster.
Whether or not camel spiders are poisonous, they are huge. If you want one for a pet you are not thinking right. Especially if you have cats and dogs, one of those dang things will eat your smaller house hold pets. Owning such a spider would only scare your family and yourself when the thing escapes from its cage.
If I ever see one of those camel spiders, I will shoot it with my 12 gauge and a couple of buck shot shells, maybe even slugs. I don’t want any of those things anywhere around the US!
Hey, I really want to buy a camel spider so if anyone has one or knows where I can buy one, please let me know and we’ll arrange something!
Hey i wrote a comment June 16th (comment #47) about me finding one in West Texas…….well i just killed another one in my office again. The two I have killed were already dying because we have an exterminator come and spray for scorpion, roaches, mice, ect. so if you have a problem with them in you house i would definitly call the Orkin man asap.
My dad is in the army and was deployed over seas. He just got home and unloaded his stuff. About 2 days ago my sister was screaming and crying saying there was a huge spider crawling around in the kitchen. She described a camel spider and so I’m freaking out because I have a smallish bite about my butt. I’ve had it for about 5 days now and wondering if anyone know’s how long the bite lasts?
My mom has has been looking around the house for the spider but hasn’t found it. I asked my sister to draw the spider and it looks just like the pictures i’ve seen here. its actually very frightening looking at the picture shes drawn and comparing. Does anyone know how hairy they are? she said that it was kind of hairy. i’m very scared and afraid to walk around my house especially since i’m extremely afraid of spiders.
I live in north east united states. Could some one send me a camel spider bite? i’m not sure if the pictures here are from the smaller spiders or the larger? is there a difference? some one pleaseee message me back i need to know or i’m probably not going to sleep for a longgg time.
wow, those spiders are the strangest things i have ever saw they look sooo scary!! i have watched the spider bite thing which i had to turn away from as it was too distgusting ehhhh my dad even made a joke on buying some no way i have a huge phobia of even the little money spiders never mind them big things!!;)
But how long is it as a cm?
My grandson was bitten by something not sure what it is, perhaps a camel spider? It started out reddish in color with what looked like a pimple in the middle. Next day was growing in size. My son and I tried to touch it for an hour and he would not let us. Finally we were able to tackle him down and after pulling the small scab off he squeezed the bump by now was size of nickle. Out come pus that was brownish in color, there was a lot more than just a normal pimple type bite. This was within a day and a half of noticing the spot. After popping it does look better now. My son and I are not sure what it is but he has been in Iraq and the boy was playing in the house on base.
those spiders are the coolest thing on earth. I would love to have one in my room so I can scare my family and friends
it gives the marines something to shoot at at least.
My friend was in Iraq for about 1 and half, he said he only seen maybe 3 the whole time. He said they live outside towns in the desert. They don’t go looking to bit people, they stay away from people at most costs. Yes like most all animals, sometime, someone gets bit. Things happen, some those people in the army actually have camel spiders as pets.
First things things first, ‘camel spiders’ are not actually spiders, they are only distant cousins. The name camel spider probably comes from stories from service members starting wild rumors. They do not attack camels and eat out their stomachs. They are not poisonous, although they can inflict a pretty painful bite. The only danger is from the bite site becoming infected if not cleaned properly.
Most are less than one inch long. I was stationed in Iraq for a year, and in Saudi Arabia for Desert Storm and the largest I saw was about two inches long. We have smaller ones in the U.S. They will eat just about anything that is smaller than they are. I have also caught a couple in California and kept them as pets. I fed them other insects that I caught. They are very fast and will startle an unsuspecting person quite easily as they are almost alien looking. And yes, they are great to have if you want to scare the hell out of family and friends!
Yeah hahaha camel spiders don’t jump they don’t scream largest one is 6 inches maybe and they may run up to 10-15 mph… all of what yall are sayin is inorrect.
They are shade lovers and will chase your tracks and your shade not you. Humans encounter them because they hate sun but at night like to come out and love the light so in the desert areas you may find them in tents or around fire places.
My boyfriend found one of these ugly things crawling across his foot . We live in Northern Colorado, I didn’t think that we could get them but I swear it’s the same spider. I trapped it and took a picture but my camera-phone quality sucks. I took it to my leasing office and asked them to spray my apartment. Any other suggestions to get rid of these camel spiders? I clean daily!
when my uncle was in iraq(usmc), he had gone to the latrine and came back to get something…he opened his tent to find a camal spider!!!!
he got in trouble for shooting a native animal. hes seen people who got bitten. i think its funny that he got in trouble.
Okay my 18 year old daughter brought a Camel Spider home from work the other day (She works at a grocery store). Well, after listening to the horror stories from coworkers and my family I decided that maybe it would be a good idea to do some research of my own. Not to mention my daughter was quite perplexed on where to find some cow stomach to feed the spider. I am so glad that this information was here because not only can I put my mind at ease….I’d much rather go to the pet store and buy a dozen crickets for the spider to eat. Just to see how big it will get.
those spiders are super scary.id b scard 2 death if i saw 1 in my house
Geez, the only thing people think of are war, money and shooting harmless animals like the camel spider? Why are you so aggressive?
Thank God i live in Holland, we are all peaceful here.
Do Camel spiders scream? How loud?
I’ve been trying to find info on these things for years. I think I can share some with you. These things live in many deserts accross the world actually, including the the american southwest. And many of you might be diappointed (or relieved) to know that they are very hard to keep alive outside a desert environment. They are also known as sun spiders, wind spiders and jerrymanders. And yes, I, wish I could have one too. And they are only dangerous to critters up to twice their size.
the camel spider is one of the largest spiders that i have ever seen.
it is really actually scary in my opinion.
i was wondering though can they kill you if they bite you?
wow theese spiders r moohoosive
i wonder how big the lagest spider is recorded?
Ewwwwwww! Are those camel spiders really that big? Like that one picture where there are like 2 of them? I have arachnaphobia and it just freaks me out to see spiders THAT huge! I feel like screaming right now!
I did 9 and half months in Bahrain with the Army. These spiders are as big as in the picture. They eat human flesh. They first bite you to numb the area, then after a time they can munch away and you will not feel it. One of my friends went for a shave in the morning, and saw his bottom lip was missing. Another had a big hole in his cheek.
My word! Why would our creator deisgn something so gigantic and ugly?
okay so im terrified of spiders i showed this site to my brother and he nearly cried cause it freaked him out so much and nows he is having nightmares so these things are really scary. ugggg there also really gross looking. =( =(
those things are so ugly and scary
You people who want 1 of these spiders must be mental! My friend was in Iraq and he caught some of these spiders and brought them back to England for research he now owns the biggest camel spider farm in England and now has them for sale.
He has only ever had 1 bad experience with these spider 1 actually escaped and he thought it wouldn’t stay around the farm but he was wrong this spider came from the outhouse to his home and caused devastation.
He was in his daily routine checking the spiders and then he went home to go to bed. When he awoke there was blood all over the bed he thought he was dreaming but when he looked down at his leg the spider was still eating away his leg. It injected a numbing agent into the leg and a large section of his leg was missing skin. He rang the ambulance and they came straight away. They ended up having to remove his entire foot!
thats so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!
Camel spiders are just freaky, my dad had a picture he took with one when he went into the army in Iraq and even he was scared!
I think these spiders would be fun to research but I would not want one as a pet! Can they really have 10 legs?
That’s cool. I wouldn’t want one though. It just doesn’t seem natural for a spider to get that big! Yikes!!!