Camel spiders - more trouble in the Middle East


	Camel spiders - more trouble in the Middle East

hitchhiker08

3-3-2008 11:57 PM

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solipugids, insects, scorpions, wind scorpion, middle east, spider, camel spider

hitchhiker08 says:

Yikes!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/add69944-1461-47b0-b3d2-a849f2276d89/9D401447-4AFE-4449-B075-A468A979BBB9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://video.clipstream.com/content/c/camel_spiders/" href="http://video.clipstream.com/content/c/camel_spiders/" style="font-size: 11px;">video.clipstream.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://video.clipstream.com/content/c/camel_spiders/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/video.clipstream.com/img/44A0F091-DEB6-4565-94ED-22019A796F99" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://video.clipstream.com/content/c/camel_spiders/"><SPAN id="paragraphstarter">Soldiers who have served in the 
    Middle East have been sending back</SPAN> scary pictures of a beastie called 
    <SPAN id="body1red">"the camel spider"</SPAN>. It is rumoured to 
    be faster than 25mph, poisonous, hairy, and able to tackle small animals and 
    unafraid of humans.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://video.clipstream.com/content/c/camel_spiders/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/video.clipstream.com/img/2729132E-A57F-4968-9B65-3A895D7B7C89" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://video.clipstream.com/content/c/camel_spiders/">Camel spiders are 
            not spiders. They are sometimes called "wind scorpions" 
            but they are not scorpions either. They are a different species of 
            arthropod called solipugids which are <EM>not</EM> venomous or have 
            silk-making capacity. The name 'camel spider' may come from their 
            often being found on corpses of camels which has lead to the myth 
            that they actually can kill camels. In truth, they will use the body 
            of a camel to prey upon other insects that gather around carrion.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://video.clipstream.com/content/c/camel_spiders/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/video.clipstream.com/img/0C67486A-565B-478F-A8EE-6611E23B7026" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://video.clipstream.com/content/c/camel_spiders/">found in the Middle East, in the desert 
      and also in desert regions in Mexico and the United States. They hunt mostly 
      at night when the sun is down and would otherwise overheat their bodies. 
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