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FiveSix said:
This *#*$*#$* was in my fricken HOOOOOOOOOOUUSSE! Jeesus HELP! Where's Dale Gribble when you need him??????

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Looks like a jumping spider. Harmless, and very intelligent creatures.
 
yeah, it was jumping around like a madman from thing to thing. Looked very specific on where it wanted to go. About the size of a nickel. Maybe he'll be nice and kill all the bugs that come when the weather gets warmer. SPIDERS JUST FREAK ME OUT! I CANT HELP IT!
 
Ahhh, the infamously over-hyped Camel Spider! Don't you love how they always play with the perspective of those photos to make it look like they're HUGE.
 
Dyce51 said:
think that one is bad how would you like to find one of these??? LMAO

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FiveStar said:
Ahhh, the infamously over-hyped Camel Spider! Don't you love how they always play with the perspective of those photos to make it look like they're HUGE.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifugae

Quote from page:

Solifugae are the subject of many urban legends and exaggerations about their size, speed, behavior, appetite, and lethality. They are not especially large, the biggest having a leg span of perhaps 12 centimeters (5 in)[2]. They are fast on land compared to other invertebrates, the fastest can run perhaps 16 kilometers per hour (10 mph), nearly half as fast as the fastest human sprinter. Members of this order of Arachnida apparently have no venom, with the possible exception of one species in India (see below) and do not spin webs.

In the Middle East, it is widely rumored among American and coalition military forces stationed there that Solifugae will feed on living human flesh. The story goes that the creature will inject some anaesthetizing venom into the exposed skin of its sleeping victim, then feed voraciously, leaving the victim to awaken with a gaping wound. Solifugae, however, do not produce such an anaesthetic, and they do not attack prey larger than themselves unless threatened. Other stories include tales of them leaping into the air, disemboweling camels, screaming, and running alongside moving humvees; all of these tales are dubious at best. Due to their bizarre appearance many people are startled or even afraid of them. This fear was sufficient to drive a family from their home when one was discovered in a soldier's house in Colchester [3]. The greatest threat they pose to humans, however, is their bite in self-defense when one tries to handle them. There is essentially no chance of death directly caused by the bite, but, due to the strong muscles of their chelicerae, they can produce a proportionately large, ragged wound that is prone to infection.

I'd still sh*t myself at seeing a 12cm spider that can run at 16km's an hour.....:shocked:
 
No sh1t..this is just too big for my tastes...

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Pretty sure I'd scream like a girl if I ran into one of those monsters.
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Nice spider. We don't have big spiders here in the wild. We do have a small one that has a very toxic venom but the fangs are too small to penetrate human skin.
 
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