Bigarsed Nocturnal Camel Spider from the gulf.

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Got this in an email today, check it out

They run 10 mph, jump  three feet, are a nocturnal spider, so they only come out at  night unless they are in shade. When they bite you, you are injected with Novocaine so you go numb instantly. You  don't even know you are bitten when you are sleeping,  so you wake up with part of your leg or arm  missing  because it has been gnawing on it all night long.  

If you are walking  around and you bump something that is casting a shadow over it, and the sun makes contact with it, you better run. It  will instantly run for your shadow, and scream the  whole time it is chasing you.  

 

PS. The one on the  bottom is eating the one on the top. These are Spiders found daily in IRAQ by our troops. Imagine waking up and seeing one  of  these bastards in your tent!!  

lol.. not sure how true it is.. might do a little bit of research in to the camel spider.

Reminds me of one of those little creatures from the movie Aliens.

[crooser]

Eek!

[!3oost]

that is bloody insane, if that is tru..........

[NRB]

It's a load of crap. Camel spiders don't have any venom and usually eat bugs.

[Minorci]

http://50.lycos.com/040703.asp

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hahaha.. I thought it was a load of crap the way it was origionally written.

[Abo Bob]

Inject Novacain?

Maybe if they injected morphine I'de believe it...

[Jamezilla]

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp

This photo taken at LV426, just out of Bagdhad

[matlowth]

James - Actually that photo was taken on the Nostromo, which is further north!

Cheers,

matt

[Jamezilla]

Ah - It must have been Tom Skerrit Hussein's beard that threw me

BTW: At the bottom of the Snopes page on the link above is a Camel Spider video - nasty little buggers. They do look just like a face-hugger.

Ripley!

[funkymonkey]

mmm damn facehuggers.. damn Kane, he must've set em free in Baghdad

[Laurence]

I say we take off and nuke the place from orbit, it's the only way to be sure...

[funkymonkey]

in baghdad... noone can hear you scream

[matlowth]

I say we roll in some canisters of CM20 and nerve gas the whole nest!

matt

I say we take off and nuke the place from orbit, it's the only way to be sure...

[funkymonkey]

if only they bit you n injected you with paracetamol or some useful drug... but nooo... they gotta inject you with novocaine... even morphine would be cool... just have one of em buggers on a leash n get em to bite you once in a while...

[meshmesh]

geez, I hope Prank hasn't seen this thread... might tempt him to put one of these on his bridal registery.

[funkymonkey]

ROFLMAO I still remember readin bout his wierd assed pets...