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Most powerful jaws in the West

* Camel Spiders, or wind scorpions as they're known here, have pound for pound the most powerful bite of any creature in the desert.

* Their "jaws," or chelicerae, which is the insect equivalent, are more powerful, relative to size, than the jaws of a great white shark.

* They are hairy, with beady eyes and "Popeye forearms," and they are lightning-quick.

* Wind scorpions' jaws are like a combination pincer and knife -- they chew their victims into pulp with a sawing motion, and then exude an enzyme that liquefies the flesh, which they suck into their stomachs.

* They not harmful to humans, however.

Source: National Geographic Magazine, July 2004

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