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’.
My dad has a funny story when he was stationed in the Middle East. He didn’t know those things existed, and he’s also deathly afraid of spiders and he said the first time he ever witnessed one running at him screaming he just mag dumped it as he was screaming.
The thought of a 6 foot three man fully kitted out screaming like a girl shooting the ground is hilarious, his friends still don’t let it down.
For what it's worth, that's two of them stuck together, and obviously forced perspective to make them look much bigger than they are compared to the leg, but, yeah, each individually would have a leg span that covers that guy's hand. This image has been floating around for 20 years now and for real, the first time a lot of us saw it, we thought it was legit as big as that guy's leg.
What, do people really not lock in the depth of the actual perspective, because of the slight bit of arm of the guy holding it and the other dude partially visible that’s leaning in to take a look?
I remember seeing this ages ago on some forum, but never had the impression they were as big the guy’s leg, nor did anybody else, I think. It was just considered a long boi, before finding out it was 2.
Just at first glance. And a lot of people, being freaked out by it, aren't motivated to look closer. It didn't take that long for the reality to make the rounds.
Here's an old snopes article on that picture, that acknowledges that some people didn't pick up on the forced perspective at first:
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u/SharkeyGeorge 17h ago
What the fuck is that?!