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[Sadrice]

uh, no, actually.  camel spiders are arachnids, just not spiders proper.  ants are insects, in a totally different subphyllum.  the ancestor of ants was wasplike.

[Cobaldunderpants]

Fear the day Toady decides to include Giant Camel Spiders. Apparently they can live anywhere that isn't freezing.

[wierd]

They also make sounds with their pedipalps (mandible feet things).

A giant version would make terrible, low pitched scratching instead of chirping, simply from the harmonics.

Nails on chalkboard! Erk!

[KodKod]

What about mighty Amblypygi?

Mighty Amblypygi is far more fearsome than silly Camel Spider.

[Eric Blank]

What about mighty Amblypygi?

Mighty Amblypygi is far more fearsome than silly Camel Spider.

Well giant Amblypygi would certainly not be something you'd want to meet in a dark alley... Probably be able to kill and eat you with no problem.

[SRD]

Psh, just get a bear-grylls dwarf to eat that sonnuhbch amblypig.

[Eric Blank]

Urist McGrylls cancels eat giant amblypig: giant amblypig eating Urist McGrylls.

[SRD]

Gryllsie actually ate an amblypig on the show, and he enjoyed it.

And...

[Cobaldunderpants]

Gryllsie actually ate an amblypig on the show, and he enjoyed it.

And...

Daper spider is daper

[SRD]

Star Wars?

[wierd]

.....bear grylls..

You do realize that 70% of the stuff he says to do in a survival situation would either kill you outright, give you a serious dose of toxic shock, or in some other fashion mortally endanger you, right?

Survivorman has a better show, IMO.

(That and bear grylls uses clearly "not wilderness" settings; see the youtube vids.)

[SRD]

Lol you can't be serious, it's entertainment, not a survival help guide.

[Sadrice]

But tv shows that are meant to be informative, or are at least pretending to, are much more entertaining when they don't insult your intelligence.

[SRD]

Sureee......

[wierd]

But tv shows that are meant to be informative, or are at least pretending to, are much more entertaining when they don't insult your intelligence.

Quite right. If he wants to have a carnival geek show eating carrion, and drinking turd juice, then label it accordingly.

"Entertainment" is not a suitable explanation for getting canned tampon when the tin says tuna.

When I watch shows like that, I don't watch for "oh, its that guy that eats gross stuff!", I watch to see if the "survivalist" has a trick I don't have yet, because neat tricks are cool and fun to pick up. As such, if I have to watch the show with a bullshit filter blocking out 70% of the show, I come away underwhelmed intellectually, mentally exhausted from the filtering, and left feeling more shame than if I had spent the time masterbating to cher. (Something I DO NOT do, btw.)

Of course, your mileage may vary.