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And its been known to chase down people who drive Smart Cars...

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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1365178182.jpg

Some island off India. "Everything's bigger in Texas" huh ;)

Buf!

Still small compared to some other spiders out there...

There's some bird-eating spider down in South America (don't remember exactly where) that's pretty damn big, and of course, there's always the camel spider--big, ugly, and nasty!

Camel spiders are not actually spiders, but they are related to spiders and scorpions

And are not terribly big.

Helluva lot bigger than 8 inches...

You're lucky to find one over 3 inches. I bet the biggest ever found is only about 5 inches. The ones we have here (yes, they live in the USA too...) are only about an inch.

Don't believe the interwebs...

OK if I believe my own eyes? I've spent over 3 years in the ME, and have seen many of the bastards.

I've been goin back and forth to the ME deserts for the last 4 years. I've never seen one bigger than a dinar note. National Geographic says that even the Egyptian Giant Solpugids (which has Giant in the name) are only about 6 inches long. Article Link

The infamous photo of the soldier holding two camel spiders up in a photograph is an optical illusion called forced perspective.

Average:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc...rcf2o1_500.jpg
http://www.camel-spiders.net/images/camel-spider.jpg

Above average:
http://www.camel-spiders.net/images/spider-camel.jpg

The sun is getting to ya then, because they ain't over 8 inches. If there was ever a camel spider that big, it would be so well documented and preserved in a collection that everyone would know about it. Maybe they just seem big when they're running across the desert at 40+ mph.

Or 10 mph

I gotta admit, that's a pretty F'ing awesome "camel spider," and earned a chuckle out of me. Well played, sir. :D