Which spider is bigger on average?

Question

the afghan Camel spider, or the Goliath bird eating spider?

which one are you more afraid of? Camel:

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or the goliath:

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idk id probably sh*t a brick if i saw either one of these monsters

i guess the camel can be the size of a grown mans palm, you can see how big the goliath is in comparison to a hand, but the camel can run up to 10 mph, although the goliath probably weighs like a pound, the goliath just looks like a really big terrantula (which are harmless) but the camel looks fricken gnarley, so which one are you more scared of?

Answer 1

I'd have to say it is the trant-a-saurus!

Answer 2

I think the second one is bigger, but I'd be more scared of the first one...

Answer 3

the second one

Answer 4

Camel spiders, solpugids, solifuges, sun spiders, wind scorpions, etc., are ugly as sin, but have no venom. The big ones can produce a nasty bite, though. The popular image of soldiers holding up a couple of enormous ones is the result of camera angle. They are really only a couple of inches long, not even approaching the size of the Goliath bird spider, Theraphosa blondi, which have been known to have a ten-inch legspan.

Solpugids get maybe 4 or 5 inch legspan, but compared to that their body is small, so 2 inches for big ones, Galeodes.

Both critters are in fact, harmless.

Bird spiders are usually quite docile, solpugids would rather scare you to death then run away, they disappear in a heartbeat! Yes, they are really fast ("wind" scorpions), but they will stand their ground and try to bite if cornered.

Again, neither has nasty venom, solpugids/camels spiders have NO venom.