Also known as the ‘wind scorpion’, it is an eight-legged arachnid, but is not a true spider. Belonging to the order Solifugae, it is placed exactly halfway between spiders and scorpions as a separate group within the arachnids.
Despite what you might think, the camel spider (which you can observe at the following link) it only reaches 5 centimeters in length of the body. Of course, considering that the body size of most house spiders is around a couple of centimeters, that’s pretty big; however not enough to appear “monstrous”.
One of its main characteristics lies in the size of their jaw, with i cheliceri (of the small preoral limbs that are part of the mouthparts) more large for body size of any animal that has this specialized apparatus.
Don’t worry, after seeing the spider with 4 more eyes, it is worth pointing out that their bite is “only” painful. Camel spiders have no venomso any pain you may feel will come solely from the (scary) force of the bite.
Their diet mainly consists of insects, rodents, lizards and small birds. For lovers of curiosities, we remember you as a camel spider kills its prey by liquefying it with digestive fluids. Definitely not one of the best ways to die. Also, they run fast, but as usual, the internet is full of fake news.
“The maximum speed cited in ‘scientific sources’ is 10 miles per hour, or approximately 16 km/h. The only accurately measured speeds I could find, however, were less than 1 mile per hour, about 1.6 km/h“explained Rod Crawford, curator of the arachnid section at the Burke Museum.
Are also capable of producing a peculiar verse similar to a “click”, rubbing their chelicerae together. It is not a real screech, but a noise similar to that produced by crickets.
At this point there is one last, disturbing characteristic to report: camel spiders they are famous for chasing people. Fortunately, even in this case the reality is slightly different.
Taking into account that their name (Solifugae) comes from Latin and means “those who flee from the sun“, actually they only chase the shadow that we project onto the ground to protect ourselves from the sun’s rays.
It probably won’t be as fascinating as the incredible yellow iguana, but it’s still about a rather bizarre specimenpossibly to be avoided.
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