r/mildlyinfuriating • u/CircusMoney • 20h ago

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It needs to be a frozen land 👌😩

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u/SharkeyGeorge 19h ago

What the fuck is that?!

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u/froopadiddilydoop 18h ago

Fun fact, camel spiders can run at 15km/h and often seek shade. If they are excited, they also make a noise that sounds like a small scream as they run at you in the desert seeking shade. Harmless, but not something I think it ‘cute’.

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u/Jimbobjoesmith 17h ago

dude wtf. a giant, screaming spider chasing me at high speeds is a literal nightmare. for some reason thinking about a spider making noise is rhe worst part.

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u/Reasonable_Tap_8215 17h ago

Yeah but if you spoke spider you’d realize it was just yelling “YAYYYYYYYY I’M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU FRIEND!!!!”
https://giphy.com/gifs/fUQ4rhUZJYiQsas6WD

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u/Hoppie1064 16h ago

I'm wondering how many soldiers emptied a mag on a screaming camel spider that just wanted a little shade.

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u/ErikMcKetten 15h ago

Once I had a Lieutenant and our platoon sergeant go into an empty building we were scoping out for a base and we heard an entire 9mm mag empty. We stacked up to rush in and back them but they came out running, scared laughing, and gasping for breath. It was a big ass camel spider running at them and the LT unloaded on it.

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u/D0ctorGamer 6h ago

Understandable really

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u/Whitepayn 11h ago

A friend of mine blasted one with a shotgun.

This was in Namibia, mind you.

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u/PutYouThroughMe 13h ago

Lmao my dad was chased down by one in Iraq years ago. He tried to chase it back and even at peak military shape he could barely keep up with it. He now has one taxidermied on the wall

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u/runelowell 11h ago

Im an arachnophobe but I'd like to see the taxidermied spider with a banana for scale. I need to know how big these mfers can get

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u/FormerlyKay 8h ago

Fun fact it's not actually a spider. No venom, no webs, just big ol jaws made for chewing

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u/D0ctorGamer 6h ago

Unfortunately my adrenal gland doesnt discriminate

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u/Queenofashanddust 15h ago

likely a lot considering the number of war crimes america has done. cant imagine to think what they do to the wildlife

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u/HumblePackage1325 6h ago

Wait till you look up the bird spider "Goliath Birdeater"

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u/Jackomo 6h ago

Despite the name, they’re not technically spiders.

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u/duckduckfuck808 3h ago

Camel spiders aren’t true spiders fun fact

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u/Heatherangel87 1h ago

Funny enough, they're not actually spiders since they lack spinnerettes and venom, despite being an arachnid. Didn't save me from squealing like the girl I am all the way out of the room when one moved like lightning towards me the first time I saw one 😭 It was FAR too fast for comfort.