Camel Spiders
Aug 28th 2008, 11:08 am
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Camel Spiders
According to Yahoo UK, a family in Essex has been driven out of their home by a camel spider, which bit their pet dog to death. The spider, which grows up to 6ins long, evidently hid in the personal effects of a soldier returning from Afghanistan. They have them in the UAE too I believe...not that I am trying to deter any of those thousands of Brits flying here to find work
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Aug 28th 2008, 11:54 am
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Re: Camel Spiders
We've been in ME 15 years and have yet to see a camel spider, we go wadi bashing, camp out, dune bashing etc.
I know they are out there but . . . . .
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I know they are out there but . . . . .
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Aug 29th 2008, 8:04 am
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Re: Camel Spiders
So how does a camel spider manage to bite a dog to death? 
Aug 29th 2008, 9:32 am
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Re: Camel Spiders
Well boviously they are out there, but I don't think they are worth panicing about too much - we have 5 dogs and 4 cats and none of them have been bitten by anything - I think this a very rare occurence.
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Aug 29th 2008, 11:28 am
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Re: Camel Spiders
There was a thread on here once before with a picture of a man having had his hand bitten off by one!
Aug 29th 2008, 12:07 pm
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Re: Camel Spiders
Are people still so dumb as to think that camel spiders are dangerous?
I guess so...
I guess so...
Aug 29th 2008, 9:58 pm
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