'Spiders in Iraq'

M!SKA · #1 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

I love the interweb and its urban myths..
This is the email I received from a co-worker:

Instant nightmares after looking at this!!

They run 10 mph, jump three feet, are a nocturnal spider, so only come out at night unless they are in shade.

When they bite you, you are injected with Novocain 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 troops. Imagine waking up and seeing one of these in your tent!!

CREEPY SHIT.
Thank god its not true. haha
In actuality they're not even spiders, and they don't eat humans.
http://www.arabianwildlife.com/nature/insect/ins09.html

crookedking · #2 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

those poor soldiers! not only are they under constant attack from terrorists, but they have to fend off natural enemies too!

sidekick · #3 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Miska. thank you for that photo. I now will never be able to sleep again.

Jblaze · #4 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Thats fucked !!!

M!SKA · #5 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

I can't even look at it and I posted the bloody thing.
I'm getting myself mentally prepared for the nightmares I will be having tonight.

sidekick · #6 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

I'm having nightmares right now and I'm not even sleeping!

As soon as I saw that picture i had to bring up my feet off the ground. I still can't seem to put them back underneath my desk.

M!SKA · #7 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

I was freaking out when I opened the email.
Couldn't stop shuddering.

sidekick · #8 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

I can't stop looking at it. It's like a cut in your mouth that you can't stop poking because you want to make sure it's still there and that it still hurts just as much.

M!SKA · #9 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

They run at 10MPH

sidekick · #10 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

ew you're making it worse.

PS. isn't that one of the lies? please tell me it's one of the lies...

M!SKA · #11 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

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

Quote:

they can move very quickly in comparison to other arthropods (a top speed of maybe 10 MPH), but nothing close 25 MPH

Thats still Fing fast.

sidekick · #12 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

i'm going to take a shower now. If i get eaten by giant spiders on the way to the bathroom i blame you.

M!SKA · #13 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Hopefully no wee ones will fall out of the showerhead on you :p

jaydream · #14 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

this is gonna be sweet
i just had a street fighter dream...

now maybe ill have a spider man dream

DJDeeb · #15 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Quote:

According to most spider experts, these claims are all false. Camel spiders (so named because, like camels, they can be found in sandy desert regions) grow to be moderately large (about a 5" leg span), but nowhere near as large as dinner plates; they can move very quickly in comparison to other arthropods (a top speed of maybe 10 MPH), but nothing close 25 MPH; they make no noise; and they capture prey without the use of either venom or anesthetic. Camel spiders rely on speed, stealth, and the (non-venomous) bite of powerful jaws to feed on small prey such as other arthropods (e.g., scorpions, crickets, pillbugs), lizards, and possibly mice or birds. They use only three pairs of legs in running; the frontmost pair (called pedipalpa) is held aloft and used in a similar manner to the antennae of insects. Camel spiders shun the sun and generally hide during the day, coming out at night to do their hunting.

Still they got instane instects in the middle east..
When I went to Israel I remember being attacked ( well it just hovered over my head...but still! ) by some flying beetle that looked to me like a bird!!!
creepy

DJDeeb · #16 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaydream

this is gonna be sweet
i just had a street fighter dream...

now maybe ill have a spider man dream

Crazy I had a street fighting spider dream!!

MissBehavior · #17 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by M!SKA

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

Thats still Fing fast.

Oh sure! Steal my thunder why don't you! :p

jaydream · #18 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJDeeb

Crazy I had a street fighting spider dream!!

we should connect our brains and sleep

and then....

*street fighter voice*
"FIIIIGGGGGHHHHHTTTTTT*

neoh · #19 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

that gave me chills.
uncool.

DJDeeb · #20 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaydream

we should connect our brains and sleep

and then....

*street fighter voice*
"FIIIIGGGGGHHHHHTTTTTT*

ROYAL RUMBLE......THIS SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!CAGE MATCH FOR THE INTERCONTINENTAL CAMPIONSHIP BELTS!!!!
only on pay-per-view!!

Naughty girl · #21 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sidekick

Miska. thank you for that photo. I now will never be able to sleep again.

i second this:shake: :090:

dj_zyx · #22 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

unreal, those spiders look almost like the little creepy aliens that attach themselves to humans in the movie Aliens.

Special_J · #23 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

I'm never going into the basement again. I don't care what they are, they are still too scary for me.

**MC Hammered** · #24 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

I fucking hate spiders.

Thanks Miska.

If I didn't like you so much I'd blast you with bad karma for that pic!

M!SKA · #25 (**permalink**) Apr 17, 04

Winston, I hate them too. So much. This was like a 'face your fear' therapy attempt for me. hahaha