March 26, 2008
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Iraqnophobia
If this isn't a good enough reason to get our soldiers out of Iraq, I don't know what else is....
I present to you the desert camel spider:
Oh. My. God.
I don't have a general fear of spiders...actually, I'm usually one to scoop them up with a piece of paper and either put them outside...or, even just into a house plant, because they are excellent to the garden. I'm particularly fond of daddy long legs only because I associate it with a childrens story I read years ago and so I have positive connotations associated with it.
But this? THIS? RUN FOR YOUR LIIIIIIIIIIIVES!!!!! I'm shuddering uncontrollably and psychotically brushing off my arms right now....
I'd love to educate you all on this beast, but if there are more pictures like this on wikipedia, I'll have nightmares for weeks. All I know are these puppies are indigenous to Iraq. Maybe someone needs to show Bush this picture, bring it down to his level. He may change his mind about us being there immediately!
Watching your mates lose their limbs, their lives...seeing the violence, chaos and insanity of this place day to day for months on end....hearing rapid fire while you sleep, if you can even sleep....and then finding one of these crawling near your barracks? Yeah, that would put me over the proverbial edge.
No wonder our men and women come back traumatized.....
Can we please bring them home? I'll make them all cookies. I'll start baking right now. Heebie jeebies heebie jeebies heebie jeebies....eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeggghghghghhghhhhhhhh!!!!
SO.....what phobia do YOU have?
Comments (8)
I don't mind spiders...in general. I don't like Tarantulas all that much but THIS sucker? Hells no.
Honestly, I'm not even scared of spiders. I'm only afraid of that PARTICULAR spider...the giant, glowy red one.
Hmm....I don't know if this counts as a phobia, but lately I am very concerned about getting old. I obsess about it. The whole thing: losing my looks, getting sick, more and more people I know passing away. I don't want any of it!!
@manatee_wannabe - I just looked it up (because I am a web junkie and need therapy)...it's called "Gerascophobia"...the fear of getting old/aging/growing old....I'm totally with you on this one. Completely gerascophobic....
ok, not that this makes it much better but (thanks to Wikipedia) i have discovered that camel spiders are not true spiders, but are actually scorpions. now wonder it's so big.
in other news, I am terrified of real spiders. large or small.
No joke those are THE most disgusting creatures I have ever seen
Thank you for the comment.
My dad was in Iraq for two years, along with many other friends and relatives. And I agree. SEND HOME OUR TROOPS! Especialy with those spiders out there!
Heh, I had seen this before. The spiders exist, but they're not that big. That picture I believe shows two and they held them close to the camera to give the illusion that they're bigger than they really are. They do get to be as big as 6 inches long, they're not poisonous, and they don't tend to be out during the day. Granted, I hate spiders in any form so this isn't making me feel THAT much better, but it's not as bad.
Spiders or not, we do need to start getting our guys home.
ewwww. I'm shivering and jumpy just looking at that pictures. That's the stuff of bad horror movies and sci fi flicks!