...One guy said he killed about a dozen of these things because they kept coming into their tent. While they knew they weren't poisonous, they still freaked out the soldiers -- especially the new ones...
Ya think?
1 posted on
04/10/2004 2:38:37 AM PDT by
RonDog
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To: chadsworth; notpoliticallycorewrecked
chadsworth also posted about these "monster spiders" HERE:
Op.Infinite Freep: Fresno Support our Troops/President Rally for 04/09/04:The Mid-East Camel Spider.
AS if our troops didn't have enough to worry about, they have to be concerned with these things.
I did not realize there were spiders this large anywhere.
Notpoliticallycorewrecked has some details about this thing since one of her friends was briefed prior to going to the Middle East.
2 posted on
04/10/2004 2:44:08 AM PDT by
RonDog
To: RonDog
Tastes like chicken.
3 posted on
04/10/2004 2:46:03 AM PDT by
Domangart
To: RonDog
4 posted on
04/10/2004 2:51:13 AM PDT by
Godebert
To: RonDog
God bless our troops one and all. And may those who constantly speak out for purely political purposes against the liberation of Iraq realize they are not helping the situation.
5 posted on
04/10/2004 2:52:28 AM PDT by
Quilla
To: RonDog
6 posted on
04/10/2004 2:56:41 AM PDT by
Godebert
To: RonDog
Camel spiders are nocturnal predators of other arthropods including scorpions
If I were there Id encourage them to hang around. I was nailed by a tiny ( about 1 ½) black scorpion - a lot of pain, and I was immobilized for quite a while.
9 posted on
04/10/2004 3:07:01 AM PDT by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: RonDog
HOLEY SH!T
11 posted on
04/10/2004 3:09:09 AM PDT by
Husker24
To: RonDog
I would sleep with a .45 under my pillow if something like that was creeping into my tent.
12 posted on
04/10/2004 3:11:32 AM PDT by
Husker24
To: RonDog
ummm.....
YAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!!!!
Spiders are the only thing that makes 'ol Flagg lose it and run away screaming like an idiot.
16 posted on
04/10/2004 3:45:41 AM PDT by
RandallFlagg
(<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">miserable failure)
To: RonDog
Some species kill and feed on lizards and it is speculated that others kill mice and birdsHoly cow! My cats would be impressed.
To: RonDog
Eccchhhh....I just hope I never come across one.
They're too big to squish with my shoe.
And the scorpions can just stay out of my way, too.
I've seen dik-diks, jackals and some pretty cool lizards, though.
19 posted on
04/10/2004 3:51:18 AM PDT by
Allegra
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To: RonDog
But it is now thought that the only risk of injury resulting from them is caused by shock or infection following a bite.That, and the fatal coronary I'd have finding one of them in my sleeping bag.
25 posted on
04/10/2004 4:30:29 AM PDT by
Jhensy
To: RonDog
=8-0
You don't suppose we could train these critters to bite Islamists?
32 posted on
04/10/2004 5:12:27 AM PDT by
mewzilla
To: RonDog
some guys aren't afraid of any human, but a bug or something will really scare them.
1967, while in Basic training at Ft Polk, we got lots of guys from up north or the big cities.
One tough guy from Brooklyn was walking fire guard in the early morning hours and came upon an armadillo. He woke up the whole bivouc encampment because there was "some kind of monster" out there making strange noises.
To: RonDog
Thank you for the headache and upchuck. There went breakfast.
Anyway, I can now understand why Saddam's hiding place was called "the spider hole." Yuck!!!!
To: RonDog
Why do I have visions of The Return of the King?
40 posted on
04/10/2004 8:10:22 AM PDT by
jude24
To: RonDog
"Jihad spiders"?
To: RonDog
I remember those things when I was over there. Probably the creepiest things I've ever seen.
We always killed them. I poured some hot coffee on one of them, too. :)
To: RonDog; StriperSniper; Mo1; Ragtime Cowgirl
GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!!!!!!!!
To: RonDog
Ewwww!
52 posted on
04/10/2004 4:52:03 PM PDT by
NYC GOP Chick
("If I could shoot like that, I would still be in the NBA" -- Bill Clinton, circa 1995)
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