Camel Spiders: Neither Camels, nor Spiders
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Dr. Paula Cushing has been studying these strange animals for nearly 17 years, and says there is so little known about them, that anyone can discover something new. They're camel spiders: neither camels, nor spiders! So... what are they, anyway?
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Raised in poverty in the desert, I've had a countless amount of these things crawl up my pant leg and in my bed. In Iraq, they were everywhere. I was once awoken by one crawling on my face. It was only a few years ago that I learned they aren't venomous, but by then the psychological damage had already been done.
Oh no! That's awful, I'm sorry. I wish everyone could learn about them in a safe way ... not by having them crawl on your face.
David S. I Cant imagine i have arachnophobia so that sounds like a nightmare!
David S. Reading this comment gave me the hardest physical cringe in my life...
Just be glad it didn’t try to have sex with you.
Wow you're amazing..I tip my hat off to you sir
Glad we got the whole "them not being Camels" thing cleared up
I can finally sleep in peace
🤣🤣
Wait...hold up...its not a camel?!?!? *Mind explodes*
This comment deserves way more likes 😂😂
I'm not convinced, I'm still pretty sure that they actually are camels. Don't let the controlled mass media and their supposed 'scientists who study these things' tell you otherwise.🙃
Camel-spiderman is going to make a heck of an addition to the Marvel lineup. Thanks for the back story Emily!
MinuteEarth I need to see a mockup of this character STAT
The Mary Jane Watson character in this new Marvel property will have a nasty surprise on their wedding night :X
+
Camel toe spider girl sounds more interesting
Is that just a female spiderman with a HUGE cameltoe?
My tent in the military had one as a pet. They'd feed it ham sandwiches.
We had one too. We called it Timothy. Unfortunately our Sgt Maj gave him a dextrose tablet from the ration pack and we never saw Timothy again. Funnily enough the Iraqi army surrendered the next day.
@@mickfenner6515 bro your fucking funny lol
We had a big black scorpion for ours. Every once in a while, we caught a Camel spider for a battle royal....scorpion remained undefeated.
I swear to God if that scorpion fucked Timothy up, it's all been pointless and I am handing my medal back.
My heart overflowed with this knowledge. Thank you. ❣️
“They can’t hurt you” eats it’s way into a huge birds guts
Yeah, those two combined don't compute.
*huge*
its smaller than the spider. whats your definition of huge?
Birds don't really have thick skin
A birds skin is MUCH thinner than a humans, plus it was only slightly larger than the camel spider so it was either young or just a tiny bird (don't know my birds).
The bird wasn’t huge at all.
Scientist: "It will pull the insect..."
Me: "THAT'S A FREAKING BIRD!!"
Fucking terrifying.
Well she said it was an insect and she is an expert so that makes it an insect
nope. it doesn't.
@Phantom SnakeX no, to the spider it's dinner it doesn't care what kind
@GENERAL DISARRAY'S BOSS 83 your father was a hamster and your mother smelled of elderberries!
>pretty harmless
>eats bird alife
Staying alife
I think you meant *alfie coz the bird is called alfie, right? 🤪
Pelosi Is Drunk Haha, I know. I was being facetious. I see English isn’t your best friend either as I got your unedited reply in my notifications 😂
@@gregoryashton Don't be a smug prick, nobody appreciates that
Camel spiders can’t beat a beetle in single combat. Learned that in Afghanistan.
Elaborate. Now
They can beat a scorpion 1 on one,, learned that in iraq
Camel spider can slaughter a whole colony of ants. It don’t even kill them. It cripples them then push them out the way literally
They not spiders nor camels I learned that in North Korea
Explain this then lol
ua-cam.com/video/11eJJ-i3eFU/v-deo.html
"They cant break your skin, our skin is tougher than you think"
Ordinary piece of paper: I see you have chosen death!
That one seemed to bust through that poor bird just fine tho.
@@nathanwindom3978 once you get past the feathers birds have soft skin. Plus I think that one was young.
@@nathanwindom3978 Read my mind… they’re harmless but it’s about to snack on that bird. Noooope
I fear friction more than fangs
Foreal...papercuts defeat our skin. 😂
That mating ritual is something I really would love to unhear.
i mean, it's literally just foreplay -> fuck -> foreplay. idk what's wrong with it
"The largest are only 6 to 8 inches."
I'm out.
So 6 inches in considered huge……… good to know
Yeah, still a lot of spider. One inch or less is tolerable to most.
Its as big as me
@@AManWithAVoice Damn you are short as hell bro
My friend has a video from overseas that disproves the size claim. Dude had a size 14 boot, we found one under a truck that was bigger than his foot. Not a human killer but shit that was freaky to see scuttling around.
>Say they're harmless and can't break skin
>Shows it eating a goddamn bird alive bigger than it itself
Nightmares ensured nonetheless. And despite not having venom, liquefying it's prey before sucking it's juices out is just as terrifying. Looks like it could a cousin to the facehugger.
Tea Burn Almost all arachnids liquifi their prey alive
What's a face hugger?
@@nevaehsmiracleconnieelliot2297 Nightmare fuel. for the longest time I used to have a fear of those things.
@@nevaehsmiracleconnieelliot2297 And once the egg lays a chestburster will litteraly burst out of your chest making a huge gap in hole
Birds have thinner skin than we do so yes it can eat little birds but not humans.
“She could eat him”
“He could eat her”
Sounds like a normal and typical date for me and I can relate to this.
69 the best position for that.
@@junmatthewdelajoya9909 thought it was mantis style?
Yup, I’ve been be of those soldiers that has been chased. Wasn’t fun being chased, ran for about 50-60 meters before I found refuge on top of a humvee. The camel spider was then content with the shade of the humvee.
I thought these things were scary, but after hearing how they have sex *they are ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING*
male camel spiders really take "eating a girl out" to a whole new level.
x'D Good one!
Hahahaha
It’s all fun and games to talk about how harmless they are. Everyone still screams when one runs after you
Camel spider foreplay is hardcore.
On par with Klingon mating rituals...
@@mountainman5173 You know I have never been this curious about a piece of star trek lore and now I am suddenly super curious.
Look up the mating habits of Darwin's bark spiders ;)
Dx
@@awkwardDebs im too scared too knowing that its probably worse than the camel spider ;-;
Me: *It's kinda hard to believe that spiders and scorpions are related...*
Mother Nature: *Here's a tailless scorpion thing with spider legs and a giant spider head. Enjoy the nightmares!*
I love your name
@@RL-DarkSpark same, but I didn’t think my comment was cursed enough to summon Deleto Blue...
@@thefastestsluginthewest6505 In this case I'm Retweeto blue because you posted awesome content👍
It gets better, there is a creature looks like a scorpion with a stingerless tail and sprays a substance that smells like vinegar
@@REPVILE a Vinegaroon?
Anything is harmless after a few carefully placed burst shots.
Except an explosive barrel
Saw some in Saudi and we used to “freeze” with can of air, which is pressurized and cold. Then we could move them out of our area and they just warm up and start moving again.
NO way! That’s wild!
Like a whole video game lol
The look on Emily's face during the mating description was everything.
This was great. Thank you.
Then she says "sounds like a couple dates I've been on"
Yep. She's a freak. Lol
"They bring that insect close to their jaws."
Cuts to a spider eating a bird.
😳
I don't know what she's smoking but as An afghan man I have been bitten once in Afghanistan by on those Camel spider they're so nasty trust me it's hurts so bad 🤢
"They're pretty harmless"
She said 😆
Both. Your. Outfits. Are. Perfect.
I like to look fashionable while someone tells me about traumatic insemination in invertebrates
It's Okay To Be Smart - especially given that snippet of vid of the camel spider eating that bird... (Which, by the way: holy hell...)
I didn't notice Dr. Cushing's shirt until four minutes in... where does one buy a camel spider-patterned shirt, anyway?
It's Okay To Be Smart Yes! I always love Emily's dresses they're so cool and that shirt is incredible
@nlabonte... on the web.
she's right. I've been racing against camel spiders for 9 years. Never lost.
ok one race but the spider started before the gun.
Alan Malcheski She doesn’t mention that they are filthy cheaters
iambiggus you are the cheater. You! So there.
Alan Malcheski lol
Alan Malcheski Shhh!!! You’re gonna blow up my spot!!
Try to race against camel toes. It's exhausting 😔
"our skin is harder than you think"
Paper: you're not that guy, trust me you're not that guy..
😆
"So they bring that insect close to their Chilicerae" WHILE THEY'RE SHOWING A BIRD! 😨
Yeah, I know. I think that freaked everyone's mind out.
Are we just going to ignore the fact that the spider is eating a BIRD and not an INSECT??
Yes, yes we are.
Yes, mhm. What? Oh. Yes.
cant penetrate skin? and than show eating bird? non venimous ? she forget to say when that thing bite you and start chewing on you you do not feel a thing . may be she should sleep a night next to them to see what happens. BTW that bird was still alive when that thing was chewing on it , just for your own info that insect can paralise so you actually do not feel a thing.
@@psyxxxo Our skin bub, not a birds skin. Our skin is one of the thickest in the animal kingdom and is quite literally designed to be our first and best line of defense. Comparing a bird the size of a baseball to a human is a bit comical.
@@croaton07I'm not that dumb. Many creatures have hides or skin tougher than humans.
Rhinos
Elephants
Hippopotamus
Cows
Bison
Moose
Beavers
Anteaters
Armadillos
Most apes and primates
I could sit here and type for a few days, but unlike some others, I have a life.
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I've always thought arachnids were fascinating. About 20 years ago I lived in a flat in London and a beautiful large orb web spider made a web on our window. She lived there for a few months but one day she just disappeared. I presume she was eaten by a bird but I was genuinely sad.
The spot she had chosen was absolutely perfect for watching her and it was amazing to watch how she spun her webs and caught her prey. She provided hours of entertainment. I miss her.
I've never been sad for a spider before. Poor spider
Sweet baby
Its possible your spider wasn't catching much prey and chose to move to a new location, or her web simply got old and she needed to spin a new one. I don't think their webs stay sticky forever, it could also be that the web was too exposed to the elements and she just moved to somewhere more protected.
I had a black widow spider once that I kept in a jar and I fed her insects. I named her Hillary.
@@richardbidinger2577 orb weavers eat their webs in order to recycle the material.
if the web was still there it's not likely the spider was still alive.
“Sounds kind of like a few dates I’ve had”
😂😂😂
Very cool video and I appreciate the people on camera didn't take themselves too seriously. Just down to earth and being cool
"Sounds like a couple of dates I've been on"
Girl.
😂 I was like, some dude chewed your insides and came all up in it and pushed it in with his jaw then booked it??
I know!
I mean, maybe it just meant some playful neck-biting followed by some head from him, then he took off before she could ask him for a second date?
@@jaschabull2365 😂 Ik its just funny after the horrific details of their mating.
Romance.
non venomous:
....
doesn't exist in Australia
Brian Luna seems about right.
Australia: so your pretty terrifying
Camel spider: aw thanks
Australia: in fact, we could use another giant venomous spider around here so-
Camel spider: oh, I’m not venomous.
Australia: oh... well sorry about that, but that is a necessity so yeah. Hope you have a good day
Elijah Cukryznski 👍👍👍👍😂😂😂
@@interstellaromelette9466 sounds about right
Better to die of poison than to be devoured alive.
And you don't need a strong poison to kill small animals.
I get the impression that "nature" is deliberately trying to be more violent than rational.
I remember these creatures when I was stationed in Barstow, CA. They were very aggressive but I never heard of them harming anyone.
Ayo bro I'm in Victorville, u telling me these little shits are in my area?!?!?!?!
Favorite quote from this video: deserts are at risk from irrigation.
Sahara swings from tropical oasis to desert around every 20,000 years. Media should enjoy that long run of climate change programming. I’ll be dead and won’t care though.
Death Valley: Come at me, bro
@@johnboylong40
The Sahara used to be lush forest and grassland but was over farmed and too much cattle... I know CO2 from humans absolutely does not contribute to climate warming change but as far as geological studies show that one was evidently due to humans. Last I checked, anyway.
Also, while it's cyclically been dry before, there's no evidence it was that huge, a literal ocean of sand... it's not really foreseeable that it will naturally be fertile again; it's frikkin sand.
Just a FYI, have a good one.
Liberals will always claim any change is a problem, unless it’s the collapse of western civ, then it’s a good change.
When I was deployed to Iraq, I had one of these latch onto and climb up my leg. I kicked as hard as I could and it flew 15ft, got back up and sprinted back at me. I was in full kit (85+lbs) but easily could've outran a gold medal olympic sprinter with as fast as I ran
I have some of these (not) little guys in my garden in West Texas. Gotta love them, I always put out halved coconut shells for them to crawl into. I felt bad everytime I watered my plants and they'd have to scurry away to avoid drowning. They're really pretty harmless and strangely curious.
@@kubel83, I compared them to termites.
Blaedus yeah I completely forgot about termites. Good call👍
Uh these guys only exist in arabia and africa....
@@Zeitgeist2000 no they do live in USA too. I used to see a couple every night when I lived Las Vegas, NV and fueled heavy equipment they are fast and love to run non stop hated those things
@@SNVRC had one crawl into my house in California as well
I remember when I was stationed in the desert, one of many times, people would be running at night around the track with her little flashlights. And camel spiders would chase them. All the stuff we like to say about them in the desert, we know is not true. But somewhere deep inside I think many people are afraid that maybe it just are.
that last sentence needs to be on a t-shirt or bumper sticker or something
Good call. I have heard a bunch of crap from service members, but the ones I trust never seem to have those experiences.
Thank you youtube for showing me this. The camel spider is an interesting creature that I had no idea about until today. Also I love the energy they have talking about them. When you see someone truly passionate about what they do, it's amazing to witness.
Did that spider eat a live bird 0.0
Yup.
🔥🔥🔥
I wasn't ready for that o.0
Really impressive critters tho
No, the bird was not eaten alive by a spider.
David S. Yes it was? It was flapping it's wings while the camel spider was giving it a dose of predigestive enzyme.
"the biggest ones are only six to eight inches"
"sixty-eight inches???"
Hah, hah hah, comedy
Madagascar 2 reference
No! Six TO eight months
Actual quote is 6 to 9 tho obviously
Most women would be happy with 'only' 8 inches.
Just not when it comes to nightmare spid-pions.
Yeah, so ‘average’. 🤣
I love, admire and respect scientists especially when they love what they do that most people wouldn't consider important!
Wow, what a lovely interview. Such sincere passion and joy over the unknown…..such a blessing thank you all. Dr was too cute and so compassionate. May God bless all the works of your hands.
I bet she's glad she wore her best camel spider shirt that day!
Me: very arachnophobic
Me: oh hey this would be fun to watch
@bryan diaz varela why do we torture ourselves this way
@@superlamenick172 I mean, it's technically not a spider
Masochists we are.
@@BlueRGuy Arthropodophobe, then
Same 😂
My husband once found one of these guys outside at his workplace. He thought it was a great find so he chased it around with a cup until he caught it then brought it home and gave it to me as a belated birthday present. One of the most interesting gifts I've gotten.
babe look what i got at work!
*angry arachnid in a cup*
"Harmless"
*Catches and eats a live bird*
Camel spider: "fookin wha you say about harmless mate?"
"And even though they're pretty fast, they still can't outrun you"
Okay but I'm fat so they probably could
They can't outrun a .223 or a 9 MM. :):) Finding one in your boot would be exciting, especially if you you have just put your foot into the boot.
Let's hope you have thick skin! :)
@@TragoudistrosMPH I've got a lot of blubber if that counts for anything
If it catches up to me then my foot will stump it's guts and kick the shit out of it! 😠
10 mph is how fast the fastest of them run. It is the fastest known arthropod but if you can run 12 mph for 50 yards you can get away.
As an entomology major who’s tired of documentaries with over dramatic shots and music every single time an insect or spider comes on screen, you’ve earned yourself a subscriber! Also, I love your outfits! They remind me of Ms. Frizzle!
The only sad part is that Emily is no longer with Brain Scoop :'(
5 seconds in and I knew Dr Cushing was going to make this awkward....and she didnt disappoint....the poor interviewer sat there awkwardly as she went into every detail of the mating ritual, sparing no detail. this became an R rated video at that point.
So your gunna sit there and tell me Camel spiders invented the ole Smash and Dash....... well ill be damned
when your mate has a propensity to literally eat you afterwards...
I seen them when I was over in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait when I was in the military. Definitely something that looks scarier than what it is.
Working in saudi, i used to chase them into the sun to hear them scream. Quite vocal these ugly little bastards
The blouse of Dr. Paula Cushing shows her passion and love for those little creatures.
"Neither camels, nor spiders! So... what are they?"
Nightmares incarnate that's what they are
I was eating a burrito while watching this... I lost my appetite real fast.
I was so busy coveting Dr. Cushing's shirt that I could hardly pay attention!
No, but seriously, this was a very good video and it cleared up so many misconceptions that I had. Thank you for posting this!
LOL, Me too! I want shiirrrt!
Wow, I didn't notice the print at all until this comment
I love the enthusiasm of the camel spider lady as well as the enthusiasm of all biologist
I finally got the nightmares to end after 15 years. Thanks for the nightmare fuel.
The fact I just learned camel spiders eat box just made this whole video worth watching
Bryan Bumm players
I've seen grown men screaming like children while running from these.
I'd run, they're scary looking🤣
in afghan?
@@patrickd7890 Iraq
I see three quarter inch ones in my room sometimes and I scream at each one
HOOOAH! I'd run too, and rightfully so.
"They're only 6-8 inches." Oh, really?
I am scared to death of 1.5 inch centipedes. I'd perceive 6-8 inches as King Kong.
Literally Shitler “the biggest ones are 6-8 inches”
So they are slightly larger than a 6” sub from subway, which is pretty f***ing huge. Saying “oh, they’re only 7’’ “ is like saying “oh, it’s only a spider the size of a chihuahua
Elijah Cukryznski
That... is actually a really apt but terrifying perspective.
Oh god
Okay, but it's still not as scary as a 6-8 inch centipede. Those exist, you know. In fact, there's a 12 inch centipede species out there.
@@DolusVulpes huh, one hundred legs, but only one foot.
@@interstellaromelette9466 you just made my day lol
Do we know why the male chews on the female's genitals, or is that one of the mysteries?
Oh, and bonus points to Dr. Cushing for her shirt!
MicroBlogganism i wonder if its to make a larger opening
Yeah, Paula took that video of them mating and it might be the only one like it in the world. Just think, you could go to school to study such a ~*beautiful*~ mystery of nature
thebrainscoop "so, what are you studying these days?" "WHY MALE CAMEL SPIDERS CHEW ON THE FEMALE'S GENITAL OPENING DURING MATING" "... that child ain't right"
Arthropod sex is weird. I've heard of some species of insects that literally impale their mates with sperm packets because whatever genital opening - if any - doesn't really accommodate what we would consider "normal sex". I'm sure the camel spider's cunnilingus skills serve a similar purpose.
Side note: "I'm gonna go down on you like a camel spider," is not a good pickup line.
I worked all over the Middle East and East Africa, where camel spiders are common. They would often get into Accommodation huts and climb into boots to hide. In Sudan, we had several cases of workers waking up with rather large wounds and areas of necrotized flesh on their legs or arms that were attributed by the camp doctor to the nocturnal feeding habits of camel spiders. I always steered clear of them.
that woman getting interviewed is wearing a camel spider shirt
And the bird pattern dress lol!
UA-cam are you okay? this was on my home page under the topic "NBA"... yeah the basketball one. lol
Forreals i wamted to wake up amd eatch paul George&kawhi news and I fucking hate spiders and youtube recommends it? Fuk out of here haha
National BUG association
I love how excited she is about camel spiders. Inspirational.
halfway through the vid and I just noticed Dr.Cushing is wearing THE COOLEST SHIRT I'VE EVER SEEN HOLY MOLY
What a dope channel to randomly stumble upon. Very cool.
"They are completely harmless"
date rapes a mate, and if that wasn't bad enough he knocked her up
Are we going to ignore the fact that it devoured a live bird..
Turkish Prostitute by melting it alive with its vomit and then drinking the half melted alive bird
Completely harmless to humans, not each other.
So the males do a little foreplay before actually getting to it. Well that's what I understood
One part of my brain: Oh, that's actually really interesting to learn about them and how little they've been studied!
The other part of my brain: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOPE NOPENOPE NOPE NOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE *pterodactyl screaming*
That ONE reason why Australia is good
"That sounds like a couple dates I've been on..."
I know I can't be the only one whose mind went where it probably ought not to have gone, given the nature of what the good doctor was describing...
Harmless!? Did I just see one of those things EATING A BIRD ALIVE at 3:10
richard lacey yep. It basically stabbed its jaws into the bird, half melted part of the bird with its vomit, and then drank the half melted bird
Youre not a bird
Other fun common names include:
wind scorpion and sun scorpion, although they are not scorpions, wind, nor sun
In some places,, haarskeerders and baardskeerders -- haircutters and beardcutters?
and lastly: jerrymunglum. I have no explanation.
jerrymunglum omg i'm dying
İn turkish we call them as "sarıkız" which means "blonde girl"
"They're not venomous and completely harmless"
**only place its not located in aside from the Antarctic is Australia**
Of course its not dangerous enough to be in the AU
A friend of ours in OZ was driving on a desert road when a bloody great spider dropped out from underneath her cars dash .She went off the road in a panic and legged it outta the car in blind panic
When she called auto rescue the guy was not too keen on locating it inside the car .lol🤗
@@John-ob7dh I'm guessing it was a Huntsman Spider?
I missed the part where they're "not spiders".
*YES!*
Or camels!
they're related to spiders, in the same way that scorpions are also related to spiders.
they're all arthropods in the arachnida family.
spider = araneae
scorpion = scorpiones
camel spider = solifugae
hope that helps.
They look a bit like Whip Scorpions.Again harmless but they look fierce.
Fun fact; we have these guys in Nevada but most people call them Vinegaroons because they look a little like them
While I do appreciate Dr Paula's effort, no amount of science will make anyone keep his cool when an 8 inch thing that looks like a mad spider-scorpion and runs like the wind is coming at you... xD
cheers!
Once when I was on gate guard in Kuwait a Camel Spider approached me at night. It came towards then away. I knew it would come right back so I made a V with my booted feet and it ran straight into the V for shelter. And then I calmly stepped on it.
LikeToWatch77 I love stories with happy endings
Interviewer : you can out run them. Later the expert says : They run like the wind
thomas oliver And I run like a turtle!
I have never seen the wind run.
Ok, so they live on the same planet as we do...I’ll need a bigger flamethrower.
Okay, I get that they’re harmless but, I’m still not gonna play with one. The way they mate doesn’t give me any confidence either.
I just watched this whole video before realizing at the very end that the scientist lady has camel spiders on her shirt! How cute!
Deserts are at risk from agricultural and irrigation? Did I hear that right?
imagine trying to save deserts, people don't even wanna save the rain forest
Just about everything out there wants to kill you...
“The spider live in dessert all over the world except Australia “ thank fuck I already have enough competition thank you very much
I was one of those naïve people who fell for the myths about the size of Camel spiders except I heard that they were not only massive but had a corrosive bite too that ate your flesh away! It seems totally ridiculous to me now after watching this and I'm so glad the Brain Scoop is here to keep informing us about this kind of thing. It was funny to hear about them chasing the shadows of people and not actually running after them! I also really want Dr. Cushings' shirt!
I recall seeing pictures of them about when Emily did (2004-ish), but the accompanying info said they were harmless. I guess my dubious internet sources were more reliable than yours.
It would appear so! :)
Camel spider but they are neither camel nor spiders,
THEN WHY WOULD YOU CALL THEM THAT??!??!??
They look like spiders, and hide under camels for shade.
same reason guinea pigs are actually from south america
Look up mountain chicken
The old arabians think that camelspiders eat the hoofs off her camels and donkeys so i think the english people go with this name🤔
We in germany call them Walzenspinne, is not really better but i think it is better than camelspider. It is not work with an urban mythos more like the camelspiders are look like.
Tschö with Ö from Germany and Hope you unterstand my bad english.
Gavin’s Friend that one really surprised me
My G, that's a farken bird
I’m convinced that the costume designer for predator got the inspiration for the predators face from a camel spider.
"they cant break the skin" I've literally seen a dude get a chunk of his finger eaten by one of these demons
Oh shhhh*tt
LOVED discovering this video and the interview. As a guy in his 50's that was somewhat discouraged from studying animals like "Camel spiders" and any critter remotely like them when I was a kid, it's great to see some focus and fame on them.
Back in the 70's when I could not resist watching spiders, insects, birds, organisms in the rivers nearby (upstate N.Y.)... I had read about these camel spiders and always wanted to see one. Back then, the books I had only called them "Wind Scorpions" and so I still call them that; I tend to try and respect the easiest form of things if it fits well, because changes often don't help high numbers of people understand each other if it's jus common names. I understand when the researchers and those contributing to the science of them have to change the scientific name. That usually makes sense.
In my childhood days, they were called "wind scorpions" because they "ran like the wind". I prefer that over some name a bunch of my fellow military ruffians called them.
That's right- I got a chance to see the huge "Wind scorpions" when I was in Saudi Arabia for operation Southern watch, which was the tense after party of the first Gulf war trying to keep an eye on Saddam Hussein while his boys kept launching scud missiles even after we took over the middle of the country.
I tried to tell the guys those "camel spiders" were actually from a family called solifugids and the common name was "Wind Scorpion", but they (as rednecks like my beginnings and many G.I.'s would have it) kept on insisting they attacked camels, just from their appearance and listening to equally clueless troops over my nerdy tendencies.
Which reminds me... even Dr. Cushing calls them "Solfugids", and from the book I had as a kid in the 70's, to several other sources... I always read "Solifugids". I've been corrected by others saying it's "Solfugids", but I think they may be mistaken. I wonder, is it a habit developed out of unintentional laziness because when glanced at quickly, the word can appear to not have that "i"? Not that it matters that much, but as long as we're talking to the experts.
Having said all that, Dr. Cushing seems like the ultimate scientist to work for. I wish I was younger and had the energy to start school again. I'd work towards that field for sure, and hopefully end up at the Denver museum.... but I also would love to work at the field museum!! I hear they haver the man eaters of Tsavo there! Also... I sadly missed the Columbia exposition featured there a few years back or so. I hope they do it again.
Great
1: *describes horrific mating ritual of camel spiders*
2: "Wow... I mean that sounds like a couple of dates I've been on."
Psh. Biologists and their sense of humor... 😂😍
I love learning about arachnids - as long theres some sort of barrier between me and them. They are just too fast and have way too many legs.
And can we appreciate the shirt Dr. Cushing is wearing? Where do you even find a shirt with camel spiders on it!
She said a friend who is also an arachnologist custom made it for her! But f'real if like the Gap wants to put out a new line .... just sayin' I think they'd fly off the shelves
haha that's too awesome! And I'd totally wear it (even if it's just to freak out my rommates)
Somebody needs to let this doctor know that camel spiders do not just live in desert areas. I live in Northern CA where the climate can be described as somewhere between Mediterranean and temperate and I see these guys several times a year. I have been sitting watching TV and had one walk across the living room floor like it owned the place. I have tried to keep them but even if you give your best attempt at replicating their environment they seem to go into some sort of 'captivity depression' and stop eating after awhile, so I let them go.
You ain't lived until you have seen several grown ass men try and beat an Alien face hugger to death with a flip flop. I cry to this day
Dr. Cushing was so cool I could listen to her talk about spiders all day and I don't even like spiders at all
05:12 "...they don't like the sun.."
But they are also called Sun spiders.
They weren't consulted before they were named.
Jack Kraken - Maybe it's like when a really big guy is called "Tiny"...
...and windscorpions because of their speed...
@@gildedvulture7965 ...and vinegaroons because of their lovely aroma...
@@williamparrish5002 Vinegaroons are whipscorpions, a bit different than Solifugids. Whipscorpions are cool too though
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I found one of those inside my house in the summer ( I live in a desert in CA) and I killed it because I didn't know what it was. It was under my mop and I moved it and it didn't like that ...
Now that I know what it is I'm so sad that I killed it! Poor thing :'( this is why we need education on these beautiful creatures! They are defiantly amazing animals.
RIP little camel spider buddy
WrinkleinTime42 I appreciate spiders too. As long as they stay outside where they belong, they can eat all the abundant bugs they want. If they come in my house, imma gonna kill it!