HuskerJosh82 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Guy's, I was in Iraq for a year and let me tell you all about the camel spiders. My first experience was in Kuwait. My platoon was pulling guard duty in the towers at a place called Camp New Jersey. I dont know exactly where it was but I heard it was a couple of miles from the Iraqi border (this was the start of the war). So me and my buddy were sitting in our gaurd tower and I notice something kicking up a dust trail a couple yards out in front of us. It was a damn camel spider! It was so big that it made a dust trail when it ran. It freaked us out because we didn't know anything about camel spiders nor did we know that the existed. The second time we caught one so we could have sort of a **** fight type deal. We would catch scorpions and centipeads and all that kind of stuff. We put them in an empty MRE box and let them go. The camel spider one everytime. They're fast and nimble and needless to say, I always checked my boots before I put them on. Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Guy's, I was in Iraq for a year and let me tell you all about the camel spiders. My first experience was in Kuwait. My platoon was pulling guard duty in the towers at a place called Camp New Jersey. I dont know exactly where it was but I heard it was a couple of miles from the Iraqi border (this was the start of the war). So me and my buddy were sitting in our gaurd tower and I notice something kicking up a dust trail a couple yards out in front of us. It was a damn camel spider! It was so big that it made a dust trail when it ran. It freaked us out because we didn't know anything about camel spiders nor did we know that the existed. The second time we caught one so we could have sort of a **** fight type deal. We would catch scorpions and centipeads and all that kind of stuff. We put them in an empty MRE box and let them go. The camel spider one everytime. They're fast and nimble and needless to say, I always checked my boots before I put them on. Full body shivers!!!!! Quote Link to comment
Nicole Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 ahhhh omg thats nasty!!! i feel sick! haha Quote Link to comment
Touchdown Tommie Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Putting your boots on with one of those damn things would wake you up pretty quickly...and then I think I would scream like a little girl, run away, and vomit. Quote Link to comment
huskerdavo Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 We killed a small baby one they are fast as hell and they can juke like a mofo Quote Link to comment
DaveH Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Some factual information on camel spiders. Technically I guess they aren't spiders. http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp Quote Link to comment
rawhide Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 If they are bigger than a dime that's way too big. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (little girl scream) Quote Link to comment
Blackshirtsguru Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 they are not poisonus like black widows, brown reclus ect, kid of like a tarantula i am guessing not really dangerous, but ugly little mothers though They can leap tall buildings in a single bound, and enjoy A-1 sauce with their victoms Hey numerouno...You had a chance to have one of those wonderful Pit Viper's slithering around your area yet? Back in Desert Storm, I went to lift a trash can and had one of those lovely things stare me in the eye! Quote Link to comment
huskernumerouno Posted December 3, 2006 Author Share Posted December 3, 2006 they are not poisonus like black widows, brown reclus ect, kid of like a tarantula i am guessing not really dangerous, but ugly little mothers though They can leap tall buildings in a single bound, and enjoy A-1 sauce with their victoms Hey numerouno...You had a chance to have one of those wonderful Pit Viper's slithering around your area yet? Back in Desert Storm, I went to lift a trash can and had one of those lovely things stare me in the eye! Not Yet, We have had the sand vipors around here but not a Pit vipor. It is kind of neat in the mornings when you first get out in the area and the sand has not been disturbed except for the creatures that stalk the night. The camel spider has a distinct track it looks like a zipper. Of course you have the wild dogs and fox, everyone knows what a snake trail looks like. The fox and wild gogs come right up into camp looking for anything to eat, you can see their tracks right up to the door of the tent, or living containers. Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 they are not poisonus like black widows, brown reclus ect, kid of like a tarantula i am guessing not really dangerous, but ugly little mothers though They can leap tall buildings in a single bound, and enjoy A-1 sauce with their victoms Hey numerouno...You had a chance to have one of those wonderful Pit Viper's slithering around your area yet? Back in Desert Storm, I went to lift a trash can and had one of those lovely things stare me in the eye! Not Yet, We have had the sand vipors around here but not a Pit vipor. It is kind of neat in the mornings when you first get out in the area and the sand has not been disturbed except for the creatures that stalk the night. The camel spider has a distinct track it looks like a zipper. Of course you have the wild dogs and fox, everyone knows what a snake trail looks like. The fox and wild gogs come right up into camp looking for anything to eat, you can see their tracks right up to the door of the tent, or living containers. That would be kinda cool to see........ Quote Link to comment
Hawkeyehusker Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 It wouldn't surprise me if the arabs over there ate them. Quote Link to comment
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