those "iranian spiders" that are coming over on the army planes, i heard theyre carrying theyre babies with them, and that theyre flesh eating... has anyone else heard about this?
2007-05-13 15:03:20 · 6 answers · asked by sk8ter_geek 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
there are some spiders on google that i have found that are called "camel spiders" and theyre real... i just wanted to kno if they made it to america or not...
2007-05-13 15:21:04 · update #1
you are probably thinking of camel spiders..
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=camel+spiders
They are not even real spiders... i suppose they can give a pinch, but they do not have venom nor true fangs.
I am sure they have came over on planes.... what arthropods havent? However, I do not believe that they would survive in a climate like ours in comparison to the middle east desert that they are native to. SO, if they do arrive, chances are that they wont survive here. If they do survive... they really are harmless, so dont worry. All those things you hear about them are myths.
2007-05-16 17:14:14 · answer #1 · answered by ulri6129 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only Iranian spider I have heard of is the Iranian movie "Along Came a Spider," a documentary of the "spider serial killer" Saeed Hanaei, of the 1980s; he allegedly had religious motives for murdering 16 prostitutes.
I've never heard of any spider that ate human flesh, or in fact any that ate food it didn't catch. However, the bites of some spiders have been blamed for causing necrosis of the victim's flesh; it is not clear whether spider venom is involved, or whether they carry bacteria that cause this, or even, in some cases, whether a spider bite was even the cause.
2007-05-13 22:23:56 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you've heard is probably a hoax.
There are thousands of such stories. All spiders are flsh-eating (carnivorous). Apart from a few species of spiders that are poisonous, most are harmless.
Even the black widow is only really harmless to the elderly or children. Adults usually recover from the bite.
2007-05-13 22:13:40 · answer #3 · answered by aken 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean Iraqi desert spiders? I've seen real big ones. Just pictures of them.
2007-05-13 22:54:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
if there was a camel spider i think some one would notice it
2007-05-14 00:36:19 · answer #5 · answered by chickheadbanging 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
oh my god aren't we save anyplace anymore.
2007-05-13 23:33:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋