I was attacked when I was headed back to my ship one night from the local bar in Bahrain. They emitted a high pitched scream that made my ears bleed immediately. Then 3 of them leaped on me and tore thru my shirt with their sharp beaks. I punched them off and ran to be ship. A traumatic experience to say the least. Oh, did I mention I'd had 3 long island iced teas? Here's some more info: Mod Note: Reference link struck, as it has broken at some point in the last seventeen months; we cannot guarantee end user system integrity if we leave the link available until the destination site is repaired.
A curse of Yig Yeah, they're ... somethin' else. Arachnophobes should not click the link in the topic post. Camel spiders are horrific just to look at.
Here's some more horrific pics. And yes, I AM arachnophobic! Eeeeeek! https://www.google.com/search?num=1...0.0.168.760.0j5.5.0...0.0...1ac.1.W56XfB0Y3Rk
Camel spider attacks infantry platoon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_k5j6IuHGxA
