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Categories Photography > Animals, Plants & Nature > Insects & Arachnids

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Submitted: Feb 6, 2007
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Make: Canon
Model: Canon PowerShot A530
Shutter Speed: 1/8 second
F Number: F/2.6
Focal Length: 6 mm
Date Picture Taken: Dec 15, 2006, 12:43:54 PM

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Order: Amblypygi
This little guy was so cool, I found him on the ground so decided to pic him up for a closer look. He's a tailless whip scorpion we spotted in the Amazon jungle whilst spotlighting at night, about 3 hours downstream of the town Coca in Ecuador.

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~Fluviality:iconFluviality: Feb 6, 2007, 10:29:50 PM
Thanks mate!

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~MundoInfantil:iconMundoInfantil: Feb 6, 2007, 11:40:30 PM Mood: Joy
Amazing find!

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~feylind:iconfeylind: Feb 7, 2007, 5:24:03 AM
wow scary lookin thing
~scarlet-rain:iconscarlet-rain: Feb 7, 2007, 5:41:47 AM
So it's a scorpion? It looks more like a spider. And what possessed you to want to pick that thing up at all, let alone in the Amazon where things can be all kinds of poisonous.

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~sigma1ao:iconsigma1ao: Feb 7, 2007, 10:03:34 AM
It is not a scorpion, nor is it a spider. There are 11 orders in the Class Arachnida, Amblypygi is simply one of these such orders. There are many other strange arachnids, for instances Ricinulei [link]
the hooded tickspiders, not a tick and not a spider. Hope that helps
~IconicDreams:iconIconicDreams: Feb 7, 2007, 1:08:27 PM
that thing is huge! i'm impressed you were brave enough to pick it up. I'd most likely run the other direction haha

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~scarlet-rain:iconscarlet-rain: Feb 7, 2007, 3:42:46 PM
Wow, that's very interesting. Thanks!

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~Fluviality:iconFluviality: Feb 7, 2007, 6:04:49 PM
Heh yeah what he said, he should know he's a acarologist! Yeah and as for picking it up I don't think they can physically bite you, at least this guy didn't so I'm gonna say sure they're safe to touch! Thanks for the interest and thanks sigma1ao for the info.

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