Scary Spiders

Real spider, yes... real size, no! Look in the righthand corner of the page. You can see the sleeve of someone's arm. They're holding two real camel spiders close to the camera lens, with a friend standing in the background to give the illusion of huge size. Camel spiders only reach a leg span of 5 inches. Pretty big, but not Eight-Legged Freaks-type material.

Well, yeah. They're holding the spiders close to the camera, but they're not photoshopped.

Oh sick. *barfs*

Ah: the subject of various urban legends. The amusing thing is that they appear to chase people - when what they're actually doing is chasing your shadow to find a place out of the sun (hence their biological name, solifugids).

Theyr still f*cking huge!!!!!!!!!!

I saw a National Geographic article about these things while at the dentist just last week (I know I'm really late in responding, but I JUST discovered this site) Apparently these dealies aren't true spiders, just an obscure arachnid named for its humped profile 〈because of it's freakishly huge fangs〉

Not that a whole lotta people care...

Yikes nevertheless...gross to say the least.

Ok,apparently this image has circulated in emails,and is not faked,but exaggerated(do a google search and see).The spider is no bigger than a child

That f**cking thing is huge, its the biggest spider ... i dont think u wana mess with it.

Hey, i was in Iraq, and that is a real picture. Those things do get huge, but don't eat human flesh, or lay eggs inside you or anything like that. Oh, and they don't scream. They are just big, ugly, and fast.

This picture is real. In fact it belongs to my moms boyfriend who served year in Iraq. This picture was not intended to be spread on the internet, just one he sent to my mom and other people he knows. The first time I saw this pic outside of my home when I was watchin Jay Leno and a zoo lady brought some animal guests that included these gross bugs. More related to scorpions than spiders... The picture is actually TWO of themconnected at the fangs in some sort of fight. The lady who was a guest on Jay Leno demonstrated i exactly as the photo shows.... she picked one up by a leg while it was fghting with another one and it held on with its fangs. Anyway the man with the boots in the photo is my moms boyfriend and he is standing far away from the camera (lol) just in case the camel spiders are accedentally dropped. If the entire context of the origonal email set to my mom traveled with the pic, people wouldnt get so worked up about it and be so quik to call it a hoax. All it is is an odd camea angel. Besides, do people really fuckin think that our soldiers in Iraq have the fuckin time to come up with meaningless shit like that? For crying out loud, when soldirs arrive in Iraq they are given a warning to check for camel spiders in there bedding and clothing before use. They literaly do have fangs the size of cat claws and I dare anyone to let one bite them. Hmm. Glad this website found out it's not a hoax.

Also, at the tip of the fangs are pinchers(ya, like a rab claw)! Go ahead, do a search on "camel spiders". Find a nice big clear photo of one and prepare to be horrified. Our soldiers have to deal with these things everyday. I certainly wouldn't wanna slip my foot into a boot knowing one of these could be around...

Let me correct myself.. They arent connected at the fangs.... The one on bottom is chewing on the ass of the one on top.

any more like you at home stephanie?

What is that supposed to mean?

that's cool they have the whole "rab claw" thing goin on. definitely all about the "rab claw". my friend has a "camel spider", he feeds it grasshoppers. I don't know about the numbing part of when it bites you, as i won't touch his "camel spier". he won't either, but if you live near where i live, and would like one to bite you, just ask.

There is no way on earth that a spider can get that big! I mean seriously how many people are going to belive that !Plus i read up on them and unless they are mutated or something there is no way they are going to get that big!

i looked this up when i saw it its acsully prat of the scorpian family but not a spider yes it has 8 legs but its not one do a google serch and see but there really is a camel spider but there not that big by no means!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOULD YOU PEOPLE LOOK AT THE WHOLE DAMN PICTURE INSTEAD OF THE $@#^%!* SPIDER?!! I SAID it was an odd camera angle. Look at the right side of the pic and you see the SLEEVE of the person HOLDING IT!!! Doesn't look so big and HOAXy now does it. People only see what they want to see and quikly judge. had ANYONE EVER LOOKED AT THE ENTIRE PHOTO this wouldnt have been put on this website to begin with. Thanks alot for thinking our soldiers are a bunch of imature kids like yourselves!

Everyone here says things about how scary they are how about switching places with me and having the thought of being sent over there to be around those creepy little bastards.

In 1967, I was a young British soldier on duty at an ammunition sub depot in Aden (S.Arabia). We did two x two hour stints on searchlight duty with four hours to rest. During my rest period, I fell asleep and was bitten by a camel spider. I took such a bad reaction to the bite, that I ended up in Khormaksar Hospital for two weeks. After that incident, I found it to be a wee bit problematic to fall asleep knowing that I might be sharing nap time once again with one of those aggressive spiders.

:cheese: how are u people doing on this fine day?

by the way the spider is real, but is very close to the camera. look at the person's hand, and then look at the spider! SAME SIZE... DUH! even a two year old would know that!

What the fuck is wrong with Steph? Don't get so angry about a bloody photo! Oh, & I don't think anyone was trying to insult YOUR soldiers. Can't actually see any comments against YOUR soldiers here.
Learn to fucking spell too.
Nice spidey pic

Well personally I think spiders are gross period, so knowing that there are actually spiders that big freaks me out. :coolcheese: Like idk, I mean its only five inches but just imagine waking up to a spider of that size crawling out of your sleeping bag. Talk about heart attack. I'd be dying from one and still running!!! lol

it's horroble

I HATE spiders mostley the one that are HUGE ive had two balck widows in my house. MAN I REALLY HATE SPIDERS

These are REAL people!! Just ask any Soldier over in Iraq! Some of these do get to be about 8-10 inches long. Most are about 4-6 inches in length. And these 'spiders' are VERY mean. They can jump...to about knee high to an adult male. Some can even jump higher. Also to be noted about this picture....those are 2 camel spiders. The lower one is "attached" to the top one.

I understand the fact that people think that they're huge, but there is no reason for alarm.
With the two soldiers and the spiders, for one, he was holding two. And two, he placed his friends at such an angle that to the eye on a computer screen they look freaking huge. If you were to see them where we are, they would be a big spider, but not a "freak of nature"
If we lived there, I'm sure we would get used to it like we get used to the spiders in our own living space.
-Layla