Posted on Jun 20, 2015
Camel Spiders: would you have one for a pet?
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I once watched a Soldier armed with a SAW run like a little girl with one of these right behind him.
I think the camel spider just wanted to stay in his shadow for shade.
I think the camel spider just wanted to stay in his shadow for shade.
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I have heard 14 soldiers running and screaming like girls when they saw a camel spider in their tent.
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sure... we'll bring back the Wednesday night camel spider fights.
BTW... Camel spiders belong to the class Arachnida, but while all spiders are arachnids, not all arachnids are spiders. Another common name is wind scorpion, but it’s not a scorpion, either. The camel spider is of the order Solifugae, which is Latin for “those who flee from the sun. They aren’t even venomous. Their jaws are their primary weapon. After seizing a victim, they turn it to pulp by chopping or sawing the bodies with their jaws.
http://www.livescience.com/40025-camel-spiders-facts.html
BTW... Camel spiders belong to the class Arachnida, but while all spiders are arachnids, not all arachnids are spiders. Another common name is wind scorpion, but it’s not a scorpion, either. The camel spider is of the order Solifugae, which is Latin for “those who flee from the sun. They aren’t even venomous. Their jaws are their primary weapon. After seizing a victim, they turn it to pulp by chopping or sawing the bodies with their jaws.
http://www.livescience.com/40025-camel-spiders-facts.html
Camel spiders are not spiders, and they don't eat camels — or people. These arachnids became infamous after the Gulf War.
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SSgt Dale W.
SFC (Join to see) We can have mixed species fight...say the camel spider and the potato bug.
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I don't do spiders, snakes and anything that depends on sucking blood to survive.
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Even were I inclined to keep something as inherently evil as those, my wife would make me kill it, then kill me for bringing it into the house.
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