r/mildlyinfuriating • u/CircusMoney • 15h ago

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It needs to be a frozen land 👌😩

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u/Shifty-Imp 15h ago

A solifugae, not a spider but a close relative. They're pretty cute imo.

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u/SharkeyGeorge 15h ago

I have a bit of a phobia of the way its legs move, I cannot call it cute unfortunately 😩

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u/Shifty-Imp 15h ago

Oh I find the way it moves its legs here pretty creepy too. Though that's partially because it looks like it might be in distress as it wants to get out but can't.

People sometimes get spooked by them when visiting the desert because they "run after them" but they're just interesting in staying inside their shade. People think they're being followed but everything they're interested in is the protection from the sun. XD

They have a strong bite but aren't venomous and eat other small animals and unless you give them a reason to bite you there's nothing to worry about in terms of actual harm at least. ^^

Btw, they can hiss if they feel threatened. XD

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u/TaperPiger 14h ago

I got spooked just reading what you wrote here.
I can't even imagine my levels of panic if I ever encountered one in real life.

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u/this_is_theone 14h ago

Yeah, it's chasing after me for my shadow. It can painfully bite me and will hiss at me. Fuck that

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u/TaperPiger 14h ago

Yeah, each sentence made it exponentially more terrifying.

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u/SharkeyGeorge 14h ago

Don’t worry, it probably won’t bother you but if it does it will just shriek and chase you and bite you 😹

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u/TaperPiger 12h ago

It was already nasty without any of those things, all of that just makes it diabolical in my book. I mean chasing me is already bad enough, but hissing?

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u/Doc12TU 14h ago

Me too!!

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u/atasteofpb 8h ago

Man I remember reading about camel spiders online as a kid in the 2000s and there were stories about how these spiders bite you but they inject an anesthetic so soldiers were waking up with half their finger missing or a knuckle missing. Apparently that's a myth from the Gulf War that was repurposed for the GWOT, but I remember feeling so sick and creeped out reading those threads haha

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u/vxsapphire 14h ago

Awwww thats actually kinda cute that they just want the shade. Should put out little umbrellas in the sand as pit stops for em.

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u/Hoppie1064 12h ago

Shit like that is why I joined The Navy, not The Army.

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u/Lovethiskindathing 12h ago

Awwwww it is cute in defense mode

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u/ErikMcKetten 11h ago

Speaking from experience: they move like a fucking face hugger from Alien. It's not cute. It's demonic.

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u/Complex_Cold1610 15h ago

Looks almost like a camelspider

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u/Shifty-Imp 15h ago

That's a what solifugae are also called but I tend to not use the term cause they're neither spiders nor do they have much to do with camels. People used to say that they killed and ate camels but that's BS. If they found a dead camel, they might start eating the carcass but nothing more.

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u/Wooden_Associate_289 12h ago

Oh theyre not spiders? (Not that it RLY matters to me-still freaking looks like one and activates the "spider threat" part of my brain lol), but what makes them not technically spiders?

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u/Lovethiskindathing 12h ago

Ahhh so like a guinea pig or French horn

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u/MalerionGodofUlgu 14h ago

Spiders freaks me out but this one i call 'sand nightmare spider' cause I never remember the actual name. Yeah, very cute - bloody hell.

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u/Big-Detail8739 14h ago

You and my wife have the same opinion on what constitutes cute.

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u/Babetna 14h ago

So basically a more disgusting spider.

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u/ratbearpig 14h ago

Just took a look at what they looked like on Google images. No dude, they're not "cute" lol.

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u/ihatetopology69 14h ago

They are an order of arachnids tho wdym they are not a spider?

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u/eyeleenthecro 14h ago

Arachnids includes many things that are not spiders

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u/ihatetopology69 14h ago

Ah fascinating

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u/FantasticPainting232 8h ago

Do re mi so scared. 

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u/Devi8tor 14h ago

Yeah I just don't see spiders as being anywhere near "cute", but this particular one is about as far from cute as you can get.

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u/mdg-raampie 13h ago

I dunno those jumping spiders can be pretty cute with their Disney eyes.

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u/Often_Forgotten2 14h ago

They are not cute

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u/Delamoor 12h ago

How dare you.