How would you kill this thing?

[Draka]

Considering I'm arachnophobic anyway and start screaming like a little girl when any spider gets on me; I'd run as fast as I could, as far as I could, screaming at the top of my lungs. Yeah, I'd look REALLY cool!

 

[Valjean]

Solpugids are arachnids but aren't really true spiders. Their jaws are completely different and they don't have poison glands. They're scarey-looking and get pretty big but aren't really dangerous.
I've caught them in my yard before and once a four or five cm specimen I was keeping in a terrerium managed to get loose in the house. I found it a week later squashed under a rug by the front door.

 

[Mercy Not Sacrifice]

Anything that allows for a ranged attack. You could probably hit that mo-fo from 50 yards away.

 

[Katzpur]

If that is truly a spider, I wouldn't get a chance to kill it. I would absolutely (and I mean this seriously) die of fright before I could even get my mind around what I was seeing. You have no idea how terrified I am of spiders.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I do like the nail gun idea. But for those of you who are terrified, thier is a sniper riffle known as God. You can shoot a ping pong ball from a mile away with it, due to its high accuracy and powerful scope. $10 (for one bullet) could allow you to safly kill such a large spider from a safe distance (if it held still).

 

[Gentoo]

I wouldn't. I don't like to directly kill anything unless it attacks me first. Those two were being pulled out of their hole in the ground, what did they do to deserve death like that?

 

[Starlight001]

:run:

I'd probably faint Is that thing....real?

 

[Circle_One]

First, I'd detach the TWO of them, since it's not one whole spider, but two holding on to one another, and then I'd let them go. They've done nothing to deserve my killing them.

 

[cardero]

The correct answer is "I wouldn't kill it."

 

[yuvgotmel]

First, I'd detach the TWO of them, since it's not one whole spider, but two holding on to one another, and then I'd let them go. They've done nothing to deserve my killing them.

That is really sweet (or brave) of you C1. I'm not sure whether that classifies you as an animal lover or a masochist!!!

LOL LOL LOL

Just so you know, I wouldn't kill it either---I'd run like h*** and not look back!

 

[giant space amoeba]

I wouldnt kill it, i would just freak out :run:

 

[giant space amoeba]

Wait - i just read the snopes reference someone posted.

I's probably still freak out 1st time tho im not normally that scared of spiders.

 

[Circle_One]

That is really sweet (or brave) of you C1. I'm not sure whether that classifies you as an animal lover or a masochist!!!

Perhaps a bit of both

 

[Hema]

That is one malnourished, sick looking lobster.

Sorry to be a party pooper but being a Hindu and a believer of Ahimsa, I won’t kill it unless it's self defense. If it begins to attack me, I’ll hightail it out of there so fast….then call darkpenguin to keep it as a pet!

OOOOHHHH YAAAAAY a new pet for me!

I wanna love it and hug it and pet it and make it mine forever and ever

 

[BFD_Zayl]

unless it is in an area i need to be "a bed, or my room..or house" i leave it be, if it is in my way i will kill it, if it tries to attack, if i have the option i will backoff and let it wander home...thats a camel spider, a dangerous one, the bite begins necrosis of the surrounding tissue, unless you get treatment you die a slow horrible painful death, which in the end makes you hard to reconize as human, except for your humanoid shape...which is still distorted due to bloating

 

[Circle_One]

unless it is in an area i need to be "a bed, or my room..or house" i leave it be, if it is in my way i will kill it, if it tries to attack, if i have the option i will backoff and let it wander home...thats a camel spider, a dangerous one, the bite begins necrosis of the surrounding tissue, unless you get treatment you die a slow horrible painful death, which in the end makes you hard to reconize as human, except for your humanoid shape...which is still distorted due to bloating

Actually, that's not true. Camel Spiders are non-venomous.

 

[Hema]

Actually, that's not true. Camel Spiders are non-venomous.

I thought it was a malnourished lobster!

 

[Valjean]

For heavens sake, folks. They're not lobsters. They're not scorpions. They're not spiders; and a big one is about the length of your finger.

They're solpugids, AKA windscorpions. In some regions they're known locally as camel spiders. Some species grow pretty big but none are the size of lobsters.

They're non-poisonous arachnids with bizarre four part jaws. They're really fierce and dangerous -- if you're a grasshopper. I 'm sure they could give a person a painful nip but they're not really dangerous. (Still, I keep my hands well away when I come across them).

 

[Quoth The Raven]

...thats a camel spider, a dangerous one, the bite begins necrosis of the surrounding tissue, unless you get treatment you die a slow horrible painful death, which in the end makes you hard to reconize as human, except for your humanoid shape...which is still distorted due to bloating

Nice picture...if a trifle hysterical.
Necrotising Arachnidism is usually caused by a bacteria that tends to mooch around on spidey teeth, not by spidey venom. It doesn't tend to kill people, either, but it can be quite debilitating on a long term basis.

 

[Majikthise]

Yeah , I'd eat it.:drool: