Hatrack River Forum: Creepiest Creature Contest

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Posted by His Savageness (Member # 7428) on :

In this corner we have the Camel Spider! In this corner we have the Tailless Whip Scorpion! Are there any late entrants?

Posted by Mr.Gumby (Member # 6303) on :

why are they called spiders? they clearly have ten legs

Posted by His Savageness (Member # 7428) on :

Camel Spiders aren't spiders or scorpions, they are a different kind of Arachnid called Sulifugids. The front pair of "legs" are actually modified antenna called pedipalps.

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[ April 05, 2005, 05:26 PM: Message edited by: His Savageness ]

Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :

There is this one too... here

Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :

Oh!! And of course this one must be a part of this contest as well.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

CHUPACABRAS = Gollum ????

[Big Grin]

Posted by RackhamsRazor (Member # 5254) on :

how about this one.... rhino squirrel hehehe

or how about this real creature that lives on your eyelashes eyelash mite ---now that is creepy

Posted by Susie Derkins (Member # 7718) on :

I don't care how cliché it is - the cockroach is the sickest thing living. And proof that God wasn't the only one making animals.

Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :

I love the rhino squirrel. [Big Grin]

Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :

I foresee a new pet in the Dagonee household--a rhino squirrel. It's cute, but clearly not a suck-up.

For the purposes of this competition, I would nominate the rabid racoon that bit me last February. For visuals, I will just say it was toothy, furry, about the size of a toaster, and hissed profusely.

Posted by Susie Derkins (Member # 7718) on :

[Eek!]

! did you have to get shots in your guts?

Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :

Nope, the shots were administered in the arm or the butt. The horrible part was having the wounds (bites, slashes) injected with immunoglobulin.

[ April 05, 2005, 06:32 PM: Message edited by: bunbun ]

Posted by Susie Derkins (Member # 7718) on :

Yikes. I have an irrational fear of rabies.

Posted by bunbun (Member # 6814) on :

It's not irrational.

Posted by Susie Derkins (Member # 7718) on :

*straps on metal helmet and body armor before leaving building*