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Today in Comp, we had to read an essay about a wasp that kills tarantulas to raise its young. There were a lot of spider pictures shown, and one of the students that had just come from Iraq told us stories of camel spiders

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Hmmm... according to this Wikipedia article, such tales are false:

In the Middle East, it is widely rumored among American and coalition military forces stationed there that Solifugae will feed on living human flesh. The story goes that the creature will inject some anaesthetizing venom into the exposed skin of its sleeping victim, then feed voraciously, leaving the victim to awaken with a gaping wound. Solifugae, however, do not produce such an anaesthetic, and they do not attack prey larger than themselves unless threatened. Other stories include tales of them leaping into the air, disemboweling camels, eerie hissing and screaming, and running alongside moving humvees; all of these tales are false.

Then again, it's Wikipedia. So there's always a chance that it's the one that's wrong.

Still, flesh-eating spiders sound nifty.

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I was looking at another website that said that it wasn't venom, but they do have something like that. It's weird. I'll look it up when I get back home.

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D: Oh my god that is creepy.

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Camel spiders aren't actually real spiders. And all those rumours about them are faaalse. \o/

My former best friend before I moved owned one. It was really soft and fluffy and actually very cute. :B