Ah! Not Spiders!

[toosuto]

Y'know I am now not envious of you at all slownewsday, not with these around. They are (on average) 6 inches in size, plus they can run and jump.

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[spinelessoaf.livejournal.com]

i like the fact that the man who opposes Spiderman in the new sequel had his first big break as Indiana Jones' buddy that had a back covered with tarantulas at the beginning of "Raiders..."


not sure why i posted this...but ah well

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

You posted it so I would have the opportunity to say Fatal Dingo Attack. Because it makes me giggle.

[anymelanie.livejournal.com]

that is the stuff of nightmares, yes.

Bah! They're not spiders . . .

[(Anonymous)]

At least, not technically.

Count the legs.

That said, they do have a nasty poison.

--G

Re: Bah! They're not spiders . . .

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

They are not spiders, the front to 'legs' are actually claws/arms (?) as they are a scorpion. A venom-less scorpion as a matter of fact. In the middle east they are called camel spiders (and I think that sand spiders might becoming common usage among the military currently stationed there) but they are native to the americas too where they are called 'deer killers' in Mexico.

All that being said, I still wouldn't want to wake up to one that had crawled into my sleeping bag or bed. Even if they are not as scary as a Fatal Dingo Attack.

Re: Bah! They're not spiders . . .

[slownewsday.livejournal.com]

There are things called "sand flies" too, which can cause a nasty skin disease. Cutaneous leishmaniasis. It's only treatable in Britian and the US by a series of debilitating injections over the course of four weeks. *shiver*

[giantlaser.livejournal.com]

They don't exist in most of Iraq. Only the deep western desert.

I could write a book about how much western media bullshits you about this place.

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

I got all clenchy when the article (in the National Geographic) said they are native to the americas too, but that's because of my paralyzing fear of spiders. Heck I get all clenchy when I think about the time Sara told me that the room I had been in had about 300 spiders in cages ready to be shipped back to SoCal. Damn things give me the heeby jeeebies.

I did have a guy try to tell me they were as big as small dog and super poisonous to boot today. It was kind of fun to sift through all the crap and figure out what they really were. Thank goodness for the National Geographic. I like my large insects/arachnids like l like my two clearly insane people (not a couple of lounge singers) at a safe distance of at least 20 yards.

Well, 10 ft maybe or behind glass.

[slownewsday.livejournal.com]

Yup! No camel spiders here! (thank the jeezus). Though I did have a NASTY reaction to what I think was a wolf spider bite roundabout October. NASTY. Really. Did I mention it was NASTY? And covered the entire left side of my neck/collarbone area? Eeek.

Okay, *whispers* fatal dingo attack...explain the histoire, s'il vous plait?

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

Ah! I found a wolf spider in the room I was supposed to be staying in while my family was visiting friends in South Dakota, it was 5-6 inches in size. It was (as we say in the business) scary. And it kind of gooshed when it expired.

Fatal Dingo Attack is a small child with googly eyes. More will be forth coming later, I promise.