Soldiers in Afghanistan say the real enemy is the camel spider. These things are fast and like to fasten on the bellies of camels and goats - or the leg of a sleeping trooper. After numbing the area, the spiders feast and the victim doesn't feel a thing. Men in Colin's outfit packed rat traps to kill any that might wander around their position. Just another unsung military occupational hazard.
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My husband encountered one and ran like a little girl. Which is the thing you're not supposed to do. Luckily some other guys were there to try and kill it. They bludgeoned it several times before it stopped moving. They went to go do something and when they came back it was gone. ~shutters~
Fiesty things, by all accounts.
If someone else hadn't been there, I'm sure it would have eaten my husband. They can out run people ya know.
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