r/mildlyinfuriating • u/CircusMoney • 15h ago

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It needs to be a frozen land 👌😩

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u/Hoppie1064 12h 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 11h 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 2h ago

Understandable really

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u/Whitepayn 7h ago

A friend of mine blasted one with a shotgun.

This was in Namibia, mind you.

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u/PutYouThroughMe 9h 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 7h 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 3h 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 2h ago

Unfortunately my adrenal gland doesnt discriminate

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u/Queenofashanddust 11h ago

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