Camel spiders are not deadly to humans (though their bite is painful), but they are vicious predators that can visit death upon insects, rodents, lizards, and small birds.
Eremobatid Camel Spiders belong to the arthropod Order called Windscorpions (Solpugida). They are Arachnids (like spiders) because they have eight legs.
Camel spiders
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Arachnids are a class (Arachnida) of joint-legged invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. All arachnids have eight legs, although in some species the front pair may convert to a sensory function.
Camel Spiders are also called wind scorpions and sun spiders. Most live in tropical or semitropical regions where they inhabit warm and arid habitats, but some species have been known to live in grassland or forest habitats.
 See also: Scorpion, Spider, Camel, Arachnid, Lizard
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