Iraq Camel Spiders

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Posted on Friday, April 1, 2005
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Image credit: US Military

Uploader comment: This image shows two camel spiders, the size is misleading, as they are close to the camera and are not as large as they have been made out to be in recent months.

Image status: EXPLAINED Camel spiders are real however their size and ferocity has been exaggerated, in this picture the spiders are close to the camera and appear much larger than they actually are.

Recent comments on this image

#10 Posted by epitaph wavemaster on 4/2/2005

They really don't look like other spiders...

#9 Posted by als666 on 4/2/2005

They are not spiders, is another type of insects.

#8 Posted by accused pheonix on 4/2/2005

No man, They are spiders alright!

#7 Posted by alienplayalolz on 4/3/2005

My cousin, who is in Iraq, was telling me about these when she came to visit..gave me the creeps and I love spiders..

#6 Posted by shivel on 4/6/2005

Good lord they are huge! Here i thought tarantulas were big....

#5 Posted by zackery00 on 4/8/2005

They look like some sort of whip scorpion or another insect class... maybe the reason they look so big is that they *are* so close to the camera, thus enhancing their size twofold.

#4 Posted by o true believer on 4/21/2005

whats on the bottom of the bottom spider it looks like spikes or sumthing

#3 Posted by hotstreak911 on 4/23/2005

i heard they are a cross-breed of a desert spider and a scorpion so they can be very dangirous if u get them mad they could proply do the same thing the face-huggers do in the "aliens" movies

#2 Posted by fgcuchica on 4/24/2005

hotstreak is close. They are arachnids, but not spiders. They are in the same family though

#1 Posted by ilovevivalabam on 4/24/2005

they are that size and very poisonous

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