Sweating it out...

[Cairodel]

Didn't have much time for travel this summer due to a number of reasons, but managed
a trip to Ras Mohamed protectorate in Sinai for a week.
Temeratures were up over 50C. all week, so it was a quick dip in the sea, and into
the shade after about 11am most days..

These were the only wildlife I managed to snap when the camera was handy....

This little chap was the second we saw, and was about 5 inches across. The other was
bigger, around 7", but the camera was out of reach then. They are non-venomous, but can
give a nasty bite, I'm told..
This is the first time we have seen Camel Spiders this far south... another result of
"Global Warming???"

PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE WILDLIFE......

Sun's just set on another sweltering day...

 

[twisted firestarter]

Love the dragonfly image

 

[loz.]

They are non-venomous, but can
give a nasty bite, I'm told.

On detachment in Riyadh, we put a wolf spider, a large scorpion and a camel spider in a drawer to watch the fight, the camel spider killed the other two in seconds, they are fast mean monsters,


Apparently they inject anesthetic when feeding on mammals ( etc camel ) and i heard that several troops during the gulf war have woken to find missing facial flesh due to these !.

Loz

 

[Cairodel]

Yes, they're fast, and can give a nasty bite, but from what I've researched, I'm pretty sure
your "face-eaters" are a bit of an "Urban legend" Loz...

 

[RobertRogers]

A whole different world. Thank you for sharing