As if things weren't bad enoguh in Iraq

[USAwx1]

Recieved this link via e-mail froma friend of mine last night.

How would you like having this NASTY thing bother you while you try to sleep? I know i wouldin't. The article after the image gives a pretty good overview on it.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camel ... sp?print=y

Good thing its just a MYTH.

[GalvestonDuck]

It's actually not a myth. Not everything on Snopes is untrue.

But some of the facts that have been circulating about them aren't true and the photograph makes them look larger than they really are.

[chadtm80]

"Here's the lowdown on camel spiders, which aren't spiders at all:

In reality, camel spiders aren't some mysterious Arabian creature -- we have them in the United States and in Mexico, where they are called matevenados. They are slightly smaller than the human hand, and while they do run quickly, their top speed is 10 miles per hour, not 25. But they also make no noise, they excrete no venom, and although they can be voracious nocturnal predators, they don't eat camels. They eat delicious crickets and pillbugs, and sometimes scorpions."

[Lindaloo]

Um, they are big enough for me to run from. WHOA!!!!

[Rainband]

Um, they are big enough for me to run from. WHOA!!!!

Ditto I hate spiders. Even if it isn't one...it looks like one