FARQ!!! How scary is this?

**Sensei** · 15th July 2005, 18:06

Boys friend was play down the drive in a bush then they came in side . Liams mate was standing there for about 2-3min when he let out this scream from hell thought my ears were going to pop . A Big Weta had crawed up the inside of his jeans leg but hadn't noticed till he was in the house Poor little bugger went as white as a Ghost . was pretty hard not to laugh tho as he flew around the room shaking his leg & screaming at the top of his lungs

**Jackrat** · 15th July 2005, 18:21

Yep,Weta's in a sleeping bag go down a treat as well.
That's if ya' can stop ya'self from laughing before the victim finds out.

**Biff** · 15th July 2005, 19:38

Originally Posted by NC

* Camel spiders can grow to be as large as dinner plates.

Nah - desert plates yeah.

Originally Posted by NC

* Camel spiders can traverse desert sand at speeds up to 25 MPH, making screaming noises as they run.

Nah - 10MPH yeah, and as for screaming noises that's just the poor buggers that happen accross them - like me. Thanks Mr Camel Spider for showing a group of hardened squadies that, on occassion, I'm known to scream like a girl.

Originally Posted by NC

* Camel spiders can jump several feet in the air.

Only when toe punted - but they're fast and they do jump.

Originally Posted by NC

* Camel spiders eat the stomachs of camels and lay their eggs there, hence the name "camel spider." (Legend includes the detail that camel spiders eat camel stomachs from either the outside in or the inside out. In the former case they supposedly jump up from the ground and grab onto camels' bellies from underneath; in the latter case exactly how spiders allegedly as large as dinner plates get into camels' stomachs intact remains unexplained.)

Nope - they sometimes hide out around dead camels and eat the other insects that prey on the dead humpy aminal.

Originally Posted by NC

* Camel spiders are venomous, and their venom contains a powerful anesthetic that numbs their victims (thus allowing them to gnaw away at living, immobilized animals without being noticed). U.S. soldiers were said to have been attacked by camel spiders at night but remained completely unaware of their plight until they awakened in the morning to find chunks of their flesh missing.

Nope - but they bite - bloody hard.

As OAB said - check out Snoop for the myth dispelation. (I think I've just made up a new word - again).

**gav** · 15th July 2005, 19:55

this follows on from NC's post

These claims are all false. Camel spiders (so named because, like camels, they can be found in sandy desert regions, although they aren't technically spiders) grow to be moderately large (about a 5"-6" leg span), but nowhere near as large as dinner plates; they can move very quickly in comparison to other arthropods (a top speed of maybe 10 MPH), but nothing close 25 MPH; they make no noise; and they capture prey without the use of either venom or anesthetic. Camel spiders rely on speed, stealth, and the (non-venomous) bite of powerful jaws to feed on small prey such as other arthropods (e.g., scorpions, crickets, pillbugs), lizards, and possibly mice or birds. They use only three pairs of legs in running; the frontmost pair (called pedipalpa) is held aloft and used in a similar manner to the antennae of insects. Camel spiders shun the sun and generally hide during the day, coming out at night to do their hunting.

Although the creatures shown in the photograph above appear to be far too big for camel spiders, they look misleadingly large because of their closeness to the camera, which creates an illusion of exaggerated size. (Note their size in comparison to the uniform sleeve which appears in upper right-hand portion of the picture.)

**SixPackBack** · 15th July 2005, 20:11

Big daves right.......bunch of pussies. I lived in the gold coast for nearly 5 years, we had a 10 foot long water python named Si that lived in a cage in the lounge, once ate 8 baby rats in one sitting.....i shit you not. Visiting Kiwi's would fair crap themselves at the sight of it. it escaped once after a drunken night and woz loose in the house , that night i could have beaten the dog and cat with a broom , the only place they were sleeping was our bed.

For the record large spiders we encountered over ther were dispatched with fly spray and a lighter.....they can stagger for sometime while fully alight!

**myvice** · 15th July 2005, 21:27

I love the Aust wild life, dont mind the spiders, snakes, or even some Australians.
But my favourite has to be the Frilled Lizard, there the best, you can chase them for about 5mts befor you just piss yourself laughing! Whats even more hilarious is when someone else trys it and gets run over by them! No kidding! funniest thing I have ever seen! The drinking had little to do with this, sort of

**RiderInBlack** · 15th July 2005, 21:32

Originally Posted by Sensei

Boy friend

You trying to tell us something, Sensei

**Wellyman** · 15th July 2005, 21:33

Holy crap. I hate some insects but I have seen worse then that, The Aussie zoo has a huge collection of spiders.

NC · 15th July 2005, 22:36

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Um NC, did you get those 'facts' of the snopes site, coz if you did you should have read further. If not, then click on the link above.

I just grabbed them off the site, I was like "blah"...hence the

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**skidz** · 15th July 2005, 23:01

I don't like those bloody big ants in Aussie. You know, the ones that are bigger than an inch. The buggers take a big bit of meat when they bite.

**Big Dave** · 15th July 2005, 23:38

Originally Posted by skidz

I don't like those bloody big ants in Aussie. You know, the ones that are bigger than an inch. The buggers take a big bit of meat when they bite.

Some of my fondest childhood memories are of lighter, a can of lighter fluid, a basketball and a huge inchman nest.

**scumdog** · 15th July 2005, 23:42

Scared? - pah! Grew up in Malaya before it was Malasia, nothing it had scared me, last time I was scared was when Chrissie-Bimbo caught me in bed with her sister!!

Just kidding, I wasn't really afraid!

EDIT:
Actually just kidding again - C.B hasn't got a sister!!

**Big Dave** · 16th July 2005, 00:00

Originally Posted by scumdog

Scared? - pah! Grew up in Malaya before it was Malasia, nothing it had scared me, last time I was scared was when Chrissie-Bimbo caught me in bed with her sister!!

did you give her a 'Bronco'?