What is this thing?!

brekk · 08-15-2006, 04:48 PM

http://break.com/index/matrix_bug_neo_fights.html

10 legs...

i googled "tailless scorpion" and it isnt one of those. Im stumped.

Draz · 08-15-2006, 06:31 PM

Can someone put this up on google video or something? When I try to open that page, my comp locks up.

Gherant Argonne · 08-15-2006, 06:46 PM

Didnt count 10 legs, looks like a Camel Spider to me.

tanjo · 08-15-2006, 07:05 PM

I counted 10 appendages, 8 of which are legs. It looks like it has 4 legs and 2 pedipalp, like any other arachnid (scorpions are arachnids). It's probably just some member of the arachnid family.

tanjo · 08-15-2006, 07:08 PM

It does look a bit like a camel spider. Probably a relative or something.

Draz · 08-15-2006, 07:08 PM

youtube or google this please someone, I wanna see

Grimmlokk · 08-15-2006, 08:35 PM

Xen · 08-15-2006, 08:44 PM

I wish we had some microscopic "slo-mo" close ups of what the fuck that thing is doing to those ants. Is it biting/crushing them with its jaws, or giving them each a quick shot of venom?

Whatever it is, it's badass.

Criminiminal · 08-15-2006, 08:55 PM

sweet... i want one... better yet, two

Candelabra · 08-15-2006, 09:03 PM

It's a species of camel spider. However, from the information I can find, there are about 900 species of camel spiders. Determining the exact species that matches the one in the clip would be a job...

It does look similar to this here rhagodidae specimen, just different coloring:
http://www.solpugid.com/rhagodidae.htm

Draz · 08-15-2006, 09:24 PM

thanks for the youtube btw

Grimmlokk

tanjo · 08-15-2006, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xen

I wish we had some microscopic "slo-mo" close ups of what the fuck that thing is doing to those ants. Is it biting/crushing them with its jaws, or giving them each a quick shot of venom?

Whatever it is, it's badass.

Well I just read that camel spiders have no venom, so I doubt it's using venom. I would have guessed that anyway by the size of its jaws. Animals don't develop massive crushing tools and then use venom to kill their prey (ie: boa constrictor). Generally it's one or the other. The only animals I can think of right now that use both are very large scorpions, like an emperor scorpion, which generally don't use their stingers unless the prey is as large or larger than themselves. An emperor scorpion pretty much just cruches everything with its giant pincers.

Deris · 08-16-2006, 03:10 AM

Camel Spider Jaws are very small actually - those things infront that look like teeth are claws with really, really short arms.

Lejina Bloodbath · 08-16-2006, 03:56 AM

Could be a young version of a bigger camel spider as well. It is not like those things spring in full grown size right out of the egg.

The big ones feed off scorpions (and basicly anything they come across), pretty darn badass bug.

Grimmlokk · 08-16-2006, 07:27 AM

Picture of some type of male camel spider. Looks similar at least.

08-15-2006, 06:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gherant Argonne Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: San Diego Posts: 15 -1 Internets	Didnt count 10 legs, looks like a Camel Spider to me. __________________ Amsel Troubador Bane, EQ2

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tanjo like a dum whore cripple Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: St. Louis Posts: 615 +0 Internets	I counted 10 appendages, 8 of which are legs. It looks like it has 4 legs and 2 pedipalp, like any other arachnid (scorpions are arachnids). It's probably just some member of the arachnid family. Attached Images

08-15-2006, 07:08 PM	#5 (permalink)
tanjo like a dum whore cripple Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: St. Louis Posts: 615 +0 Internets	It does look a bit like a camel spider. Probably a relative or something. Attached Images

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Draz (P^_^)-P (x_X) Q-(^_^Q) Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 369 -3 Internets	Can someone put this up on google video or something? When I try to open that page, my comp locks up.

08-15-2006, 07:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
Draz (P^_^)-P (x_X) Q-(^_^Q) Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 369 -3 Internets	youtube or google this please someone, I wanna see

08-15-2006, 08:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
Xen <space for rent> Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 163 -1 Internets	I wish we had some microscopic "slo-mo" close ups of what the fuck that thing is doing to those ants. Is it biting/crushing them with its jaws, or giving them each a quick shot of venom? Whatever it is, it's badass.

08-15-2006, 09:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
Candelabra Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 21 +0 Internets	It's a species of camel spider. However, from the information I can find, there are about 900 species of camel spiders. Determining the exact species that matches the one in the clip would be a job... It does look similar to this here rhagodidae specimen, just different coloring: http://www.solpugid.com/rhagodidae.htm

08-15-2006, 09:24 PM	#11 (permalink)
Draz (P^_^)-P (x_X) Q-(^_^Q) Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 369 -3 Internets	thanks for the youtube btw Grimmlokk

08-16-2006, 03:10 AM	#13 (permalink)
Deris Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,628 -7 Internets	Camel Spider Jaws are very small actually - those things infront that look like teeth are claws with really, really short arms.

08-16-2006, 03:56 AM	#14 (permalink)
Lejina Bloodbath Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,010 +4 Internets	Could be a young version of a bigger camel spider as well. It is not like those things spring in full grown size right out of the egg. The big ones feed off scorpions (and basicly anything they come across), pretty darn badass bug.

08-16-2006, 07:27 AM	#15 (permalink)
Grimmlokk Unlicensed Vaginoplasty Surgeon Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 3,459 +12 Internets	Picture of some type of male camel spider. Looks similar at least. __________________ "The eyes are the groin of the face"

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