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just imagine if Saddam had been able to deploy these bad boys against defenseless American cities.



http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/graphics/camel_spider.jpg


they can also have small exposive devices strapped to their ishy bodies and be sent out after US troops in lightly armored vehicles.

i swear the minute i saw this thread's title i knew it had to be a joke

i swear the minute i saw this thread's title i knew it had to be a joke

the bugs are real however, they are called camel spiders or wind scorpions and are about the size od the palm of your hand, can run 10 miles an hour and eat scorpions, lizards, rodents and small birds.

:shock:

Brrr, what the heck is that thing... those things?

Never mind...

here is the link to a page with a link to a video of one eating a scorpion(use the google cache link its the one that seems to work)

http://www.gophergas.com/funstuff/camelspider.htm

Wow. It would be like Starship Troopers or something. If they were 10 times bigger.

I wonder if they are a delicacy when roasted. Like lobster, just a little dryer. After all, they belong to the same class of animals.

Mr. Yuck :D
It’s been a while since I’ve seen that.
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Out of all the demons in this world, none is more frightening than man

Mr. Yuck :D
It’s been a while since I’ve seen that.
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Out of all the demons in this world, none is more frightening than man

there must be a bandwidth limit on that pict let me try another link


that seems to work better, the picture is all over, its just a matter of finding a good site.

a bump for my pretties

AH! GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!

Just think if America was as arachnophobic as myself

It might not be as big as it seems to be.

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