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Attack of the Camel Spiders!

By , About.com GuideApril 7, 2004

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camel spiderThis picture is a perfect example of why you don't want to go to the desert. These are two of the biggest I've ever seen. With a vertical leap that would make a pro basketball player weep with envy (they have to be able to jump up on to a camel's stomach, after all), these bastards latch on and inject you with a local anesthesia so you can't feel it feeding on you. They eat flesh, not just suck out your juices like a normal spider. More...

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April 16, 2007 at 4:53 pm
(1) William Voss says:

I sent in a comment already but it may not have gone through. THESE ARE NOT SPIDERS AND THEY ARE TAKEN AT A BAD ANGLE SO APPEAR TO BE GIANT! These are solpugids a relative of spiders just as a crab is a relative of a spider. They do not grow a foot long as pictured here and do not eat people. If cornered they will bite with blade like chelicerae, but it is difficult to catch one as they run fast, but not as fast as I can. I have never had one run at me or try to attack, always the opposite. I am going to the Chichuahuan desert later this week and hope to see and collect a few. Thank you very much. WJV, A.A., B.S., M.S.

April 20, 2007 at 6:16 am
(2) jacine says:

Camel Spiders was name like this because Camel Spiders eats the camel’s stomach. It also can bite and suck other people. the wound might be swollen and lot’s of blood will come out.

July 26, 2007 at 6:50 pm
(3) blah blah blah says:

dis is crap camel spiders wud only eat the camels stomach if its dead they have no venom so it cant kill it you people r crazy u shud get ur facts rite n william ur rite so whateva people !!!

September 10, 2007 at 2:15 pm
(4) bryant says:

Camel spiders are kool they can eat a Camel

May 27, 2009 at 4:07 pm
(5) richter says:

hey man i am with you,i am an infantryman so i am always on the ground and i see the monsters all the time and yes they are that big as they are in the picture,they do leap out and will chase you,these people need to put down there national geographic magazines and grab a rifle and come out to my sector if they think these things want to be friends.

March 27, 2012 at 1:34 am
(6) Kayla says:

wow okay so no camel spiders do not eat humans i have family that live in arizona ans they see them alot in the des. ya’ll are dumb i also have friends who have come back from iraq and told me the same thing my family has so dude maybe u should get your facts right!

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