# And now, a camel spider eating a lizard.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 8, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086 "2005-08-08T06:30:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/1 "2005-08-08T06:30:29Z")
[Creepy as hell.](http://www.hierarchy-systems.com/mercer/Filmklip%20Camel.avi)
This was a video e-mailed from one of my boys over in the desert. Camel spiders aren’t as bad as some say, but I’m damn glad we don’t have those fuckers over here.
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### Author:  [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/2 "2005-08-08T06:34:08Z")
Nasty. Did you see the one where the _soldier_ ate a camel spider?
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/3 "2005-08-08T06:50:51Z")
Yike.
I wonder how big it was. IWBN if there had been a ruler in the video.
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### Author:  [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/4 "2005-08-08T13:18:15Z")
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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### Author:  [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/5 "2005-08-08T13:30:09Z")
Dear sweet Jesus! WHY did I even watch that?! I KNOW better. I had to see it, though. I don’t know why I had to see it, but for some strange reason, I just had to. I don’t know why I do these things to myself.
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### Author:  [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/6 "2005-08-08T14:31:56Z")
:eek:
Mommy.
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### Author:  [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/7 "2005-08-08T14:39:38Z")
> [@Sunspace](#):
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> Yike.
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> I wonder how big it was. IWBN if there had been a ruler in the video.
In the begining frames, there seemed to be a tortoise shell, so you can use that for visual reference. I’d say the “spider’s” (closer to a scorpion, really, or a vinagaroon) size is about an 8" spread. Big enough to be super-icky, but if you told an unsuspevting viewer that it was chomping on an iguana …
Bwa-hahahahahaha!
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/8 "2005-08-08T15:39:10Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#):
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> In the begining frames, there seemed to be a tortoise shell, so you can use that for visual reference. I’d say the “spider’s” (closer to a scorpion, really, or a vinagaroon) size is about an 8" spread. Big enough to be super-icky, but if you told an unsuspevting viewer that it was chomping on an iguana …
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> Bwa-hahahahahaha!
According to a few internet sites on the Camel Spider—which, while an arachnid, is not actually a spider at all—the upper limit on their size is a leg-span of about 6 inches. They are not poisonous, relying on large, strong jaws to subdue and kill their prey.
There’s a Snopes areticle on them [here](http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp), and a National Geographic piece [here](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0629_040629_camelspider.html).
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### Author:  [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/9 "2005-08-08T15:50:32Z")
> [@Amazon Floozy Goddess](#):
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> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Amazon Goddess, I thought I remember reading that you actually _like_ spiders… but maybe that was somebody else…?
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### Author:  [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/10 "2005-08-08T16:12:34Z")
I do…but not those ones! :eek:
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### Author:  [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/11 "2005-08-08T20:57:22Z")
I’d like to see one subdue a lizzard. That would be some interesting viewing!
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### Author:  [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/12 "2005-08-08T21:18:01Z")
I saw the thread title and I said, “Diosa, don’t open that thread. Don’t do it.”
But I opened the thread.
“Diosa, don’t click the link. Don’t. You’re going to scream. You’re not going to be able to sleep for days.”
And I clicked the link…
:eek:
Can’t sleep, camel spider will eat me
Can’t sleep, camel spider will eat me
Can’t sleep, camel spider will eat me
Can’t sleep, camel spider will eat me
:eek:
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/13 "2005-08-08T22:13:54Z")
> [@Sunspace](#):
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> I wonder how big it was.
It’s eating a crocodile.
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### Author:  [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/14 "2005-08-08T22:37:08Z")
> [@Cervaise](#):
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> It’s eating a crocodile.
You are SUCH a LIAR!!!
```
...that's clearly a komodo dragon ;)
```
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### Author:  [@Baggins111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baggins111)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/15 "2005-08-09T02:18:29Z")
I have an abhorrent fear of spiders. Everything in me said not to read this thread. After reading the posts, I knew I shouldn’t click on the link.
I did.
I think I peed a little.
Thanks for no sleep tonight…
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### Author:  [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/16 "2005-08-09T02:22:29Z")
I can’t get this thing to load. Why would that be?
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### Author:  [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/17 "2005-08-09T02:29:28Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> I can’t get this thing to load. Why would that be?
Me neither. The gods have chosen to spare us.
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### Author:  [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/18 "2005-08-09T03:18:09Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#):
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> :eek:
> Mommy.
Wow. If **Hal** is scared of this thing, after all of his genetic, er, misadventures over in that mammoth “new-ness!!” thread, then it MUST be horrifying.
And yes, I watched the video, and I wasn’t scared. If it were coming after me, I’d be scared, but right now it’s very happily occupied with a lizard. So no worries.
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/19 "2005-08-09T04:00:41Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#):
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> I can’t get this thing to load. Why would that be?
Dunno.
Did you try right-clicking the OP’s link and saving the file to your desktop?
It’s an avi file, so if it still won’t run you might not have the appropriate codec installed on your computer.
I use [ffdshow](http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow) as my codec library. Install it and you’ll be able to watch just about any video you’re likely to find on the internet.
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### Author:  [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-now-a-camel-spider-eating-a-lizard/316086/20 "2005-08-09T05:00:33Z")
Meh. After feeding lizards and mice to giant tarantulas, y’get used to that sort of thing.
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