I am NEVER going to Iraq!

[Wing Nut]

Not if I have to deal with THIS!

[Saitek]

HELP! Me neither! Looks like its from a horror movie. Mind you the whole Iraq affair is one.

[RichieB16]

OK, what is that?

[Wing Nut]

I don't know, but I count 10 legs on the bottom one...

[ozzy72]

I think somehow that they are arachnids, so maximum of 8 legs... and they still look better than camels!

[funhouse]

They are camel spiders, this photo has been shown on another forum a while back. found in one of the guys sleeping bag  :o

[Craig.]

they are very nasty creatures. They feed on camels stomaches, thus ther name, they inject you with an anesthetic so you cant feel it feeding on you, they have a very good vertical leap.

[Ben_M_K]

OMG! Thats nasty!

[ATI_7500]

Mh,tasty...

[pete]

I thought the photo looked a bit sensationalised - wide angle lens - so did a search.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/bugs/camelspider.asp

Impressive but not THAT scary really ... unless you don't like spiders

Wonder what they taste like fried?  8)

[Wing Nut]

That's it!  Where is my boot?  I'm gonna skoosh something...  ;D

[flyboy 28]

Eeeeeeeeek!

[Ivan]

camel-spider.... spider - scorpion hybrid. Fastest arachnid, but not as dangerous as it looks.

[ATI_7500]

Perfectly harmless at least. Thanks for the link,pete!

[Jared]

Ouch! I don't want that crawling into my sleeping bag!