WTF?! - Spider?

[Aves]

What the hell is this? :Q


Edit: Apparently this is a repost of sorts.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1285955

 

[hdeck]

camel spider in iraq. use search, there was a thread about it.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

It's got more than eight legs. It's not technically a spider.

 

[hdeck]

then perhaps its not the same as was in the other thread.

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: hdeck
then perhaps its not the same as was in the other thread.

It looks similiar. I didn't actually see a thread with that pic but I did find this one which has a video. This is a repost I guess.

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
It's got more than eight legs. It's not technically a spider.

No technically it would be two spiders

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: biostud666

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
It's got more than eight legs. It's not technically a spider.

No technically it would be two spiders

he beat me to it.

MIKE

 

[FreshPrince]

video

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: aves2k

Originally posted by: hdeck
then perhaps its not the same as was in the other thread.

It looks similiar. I didn't actually see a thread with that pic but I did find this one which has a video. This is a repost I guess.

perhaps the thread was moved or deleted. it was something about "how could bush send our troops to iraq with these" and had pictures of big spiders in the sand or something. i just glanced at the thread. this isn't really a repost.

 

[Wallydraigle]

It's not really a spider. It belongs to a group of arachnids called wind scorpions, which are not actually scorpions. They belong to the order Solifugae. Spiders belong to the order Araneae. Scorpions belong to the order Scorpiones.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: lirion
It's not really a spider. It belongs to a group of arachnids called wind scorpions, which are not actually scorpions. They belong to the order Solifugae. Spiders belong to the order Araneae. Scorpions belong to the order Scorpiones.

handy dandy bug expert

don't need a macro lense to photograph one of those buggers!

 

[StageLeft]

It's proof that not everything on earth was created by God. Satan has his flock, too.

 

[Gurck]

Good lord... chills up my spine :|

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
It's proof that not everything on earth was created by God. Satan has his flock, too.

:beer:

 

[batmanuel]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
It's proof that not everything on earth was created by God. Satan has his flock, too.

Yeah, but from their point of view we must be pretty freaking gross ourselves. We have a lot of soft mushy parts are on the outside, and we don't even have the DECENCY to cover ourselves with a nice exoskeleton.

 

[neonerd]

holy sh!t, i hate spders!

 

[Wallydraigle]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: lirion
It's not really a spider. It belongs to a group of arachnids called wind scorpions, which are not actually scorpions. They belong to the order Solifugae. Spiders belong to the order Araneae. Scorpions belong to the order Scorpiones.

handy dandy bug expert

don't need a macro lense to photograph one of those buggers!

You had to do it didn't you?

 

[Reliant]

Yeah, that scares the crap out of me.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: lirion

Originally posted by: ElFenix

don't need a macro lense to photograph one of those buggers!

You had to do it didn't you?

 

[Amorphus]

Those things are wicked small. Keep in mind that the leg in the background is two-threet feet away and that the spider/scorpion/whatever bug is right up near the lens. one of them is only 4-5 inches long or so (look at the hand in the upper right).


*edit* measures changed after seeing pic again. from 4-5 feet and 2-3 inches.

 

[Azraele]

Ack.

 

[ohtwell]

I don't care what it is! All I know is it's scary!! :Q


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