What's your desert weakness?

[MacFall]

Mine is that my body loses all of its water through its excretory functions. Most of it evaporates off of my skin after leaving through my pores or from puddles on the ground. Anybody got a stillsuit they can sell me?

 

[Saucy]

 

[Squeakers]

 

[.Mikha'el.]

Well, I just have this thing for the Gobi desert of Mongolia. It's so . Just miles of sand everywhere you go. And isn't that camel just lovely...

 

[MacFall]

Oh lookit da cute wittle camel. Lookit dat pwetty face!

I'd prefer a sandworm, though.

 

[Miss Spaulding]

Miss Spaulding + desert = puddle of melted, dead Miss Spaulding.

Deserts are stunningly beautiful, but...I don't mix well with heat. My fair skin and the sun have always been at odds with each other...I can't seem to end the their feud. ​

 

[Saucy]

Miss Spaulding + desert = puddle of melted, dead Miss Spaulding.

Deserts are stunningly beautiful, but...I don't mix well with heat. My fair skin and the sun have always been at odds with each other...I can't seem to end the their feud. ​

All the more reason for you to move north. Like, Michigan specifically

 

[Miss Spaulding]

All the more reason for you to move north. Like, Michigan specifically

I'm more along the lines of Alaska. You know...a really awesome cabin with a giant snowy mountain for my view, an Eskimo for a neighbor, a grisly bear in the yard.

 

[Saucy]

I have a cabin on 120 acres in Northern Michigan. No mountains, but plenty of hills and four-wheeler trails

 

[Miss Spaulding]

I have a cabin on 120 acres in Northern Michigan. No mountains, but plenty of hills and four-wheeler trails

Really? That's really cool! I would love to have ton property like that. You can take the four wheeler, I'll go on horseback.

 

[Squeakers]

I'd love to see a Camel Spider kinda up close.

From the link above:

Camel spiders top speed - 10 mph. Which is very fast for a such a small creature..

Try out running THAT little bugger.

 

[Saucy]

Yep! It's my favorite place in the whole world! My favorite part is really hard to get to, but you get to this really steep hill and once you get to the top, there's a river on the other side. It's so lovely!

 

[MacFall]

My understanding is that camel spiders don't really chase people or camels - they chase shade, which both people and camels supply while walking through a relatively featureless terrain. Also they're not really spiders. And if you think about it, they look more like a cross between a spider and a huge tick than a "classic" spider.

 

[Miss Spaulding]

Yep! It's my favorite place in the whole world! My favorite part is really hard to get to, but you get to this really steep hill and once you get to the top, there's a river on the other side. It's so lovely!

I'm so jealous! Wow, that really is awesome. I wish I could see a pic.

 

[Saucy]

I have a picture of my dad on his snowmobile on the front field. Maybe I'll post it one day.

 

[Squeakers]

My understanding is that camel spiders don't really chase people or camels - they chase shade, which both people and camels supply while walking through a relatively featureless terrain. Also they're not really spiders. And if you think about it, they look more like a cross between a spider and a huge tick than a "classic" spider.

Yup. They're part of the arachnid family, but aren't actually arachnids. They're in a branch of their own called 'solifugae'. [1]

And in terms of behaviour, yes, they do chase shade (which would indeed spur the myth of chasing people/camels). Solifugid actually means 'escaping from the sun'. [2]

Link sources:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifugae
[2] Camel spider - the deserts silent ambusher

 

[MacFall]

Solifugae: featuring camel spiders and vampires.

 

[Edwards1984]

Here's my desert weakness:

Lawrence of Arabia(Overture) - Maurice Jarre - YouTube

 

[Squeakers]

Bwahaha! I love the myth that the camel spider supposedly runs screaming.

I'd be running and screaming too if I was in the desert with no shade.

 

[Saucy]

My desert weakness is the movie Tombstone