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Vickie Lizard Key Member
Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 240 Location: Wales
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:26 pm Post subject: Does anyone keep Camel Spiders? |
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Just reccently, I saw a film taken from a soldier mate of mine, who was stationed in Arac, it featured these Camel Spiders out in the evening, sculking about in the back of the shot!! They have tremendous aggression, and a ferrocious temper, a particularly HUGE one, chased a squady down a lane!! Never seen anything run that fast man!!!
One had caught a fair sized green lizard, and had started its soup lunch, on their windowsill of barrocks!
Please tell me no-ones brave/daft enough to keep these?!
Awesome, but ugly creatures!
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Mememe Site Moderator
Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 2141
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Not technically a spider (Solfugids), but interesting little things, they are kept in captivity now and again
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PaulG Captivebred Colonel
Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 3996 Location: North West
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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that is freaking huge!
so is it a scorpion or a spider? _________________ Regards, Paul.
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garysumpter CaptiveBred Addict!
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Spider
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Young_Gun Captivebred Communist
Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 1420 Location: Liverpool
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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It's not a spider.
It's a solifuge(Solfigudae) and they are usually around.
Most places get them in summer though so you will have a harder time getting them now, but might be worth e-mailing Lee @ TheSpiderShop.co.uk as he sometimes has them in.
You need to keep em hot and they don't have a great lifespan normally, longest I have had one last is a year and a half, there is a lot of debate about it being down to inadequate burrows with a range in humidity and temps etc as they would have in the wild. _________________ MORE THAN 2! |
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garysumpter CaptiveBred Addict!
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adriankidd Key Member
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garysumpter CaptiveBred Addict!
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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How is that? They are pretty aggressive?
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adriankidd Key Member
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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you beat me to it Gary, and like you said, i would not recommend them, not for spiders anyway, never bought a reptile from them |
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garysumpter CaptiveBred Addict!
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