> Well, in that overly long string that risked deletion, you all neglected a very important spider: the camel spider.
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> The Camel Spider lives in places like Abu Dabi and Suadi Arabia, and is a meat-eater.
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> But it does not feast on flies, it feasts on YOU. A camel spider is about the size of a large kitten, with legs as thick as a big thumb. The venom of the camel spider is an anesthetic, so when it bites and chews and eats you (usually when you are sleeping), you do not feel it. But you WILL feel it when you are awake. And another thing: is a camel spider feels threatened, it will lift up it's four front legs, hiss very loudly, and charge at you. And it will jump, too. Camel spiders can jump ten feet.
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> Jo_"I'm actually an arachniphobic"be

Here's more than you'd ever want to know about these little darlings. By the way, camel spiders and sun spiders are the same thing.

http://www.ufsia.ac.be/Arachnology/Pages/Solifugae.html