Afghanistan

If a camel spider starts chasing you across the desert, it isn’t after you. It wants your shade.

Camel spiders, or solifugids, live in dry environments where loose sand is both shelter and hiding place. They can quickly dig themselves in to escape heat and danger, using comb-like structures on their legs to dig and move sand.

One night in the desert, OUAW’s founder followed one with a headlamp. The moving light kept sending it towards the next patch of darkness until it disappeared straight into a nearby tent.

The people sleeping inside were not impressed.