Okay you are all confused. Camel Spiders are REAL. It's just the picture of the soldier holding a two foot one that is fake. Yes they are real, no they are not that big.
A regual site (as opposed to the hoax sites) says the soldier is holding two. The bottom one eating the top one. (...?)
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/camel-spider-image.html
You can pretty much tell which one is which, also noting that the soldier is holding the top one with plyers o_O
So its logical that its just two of them, many people mistakig it for one large creature
Smarty:
-Camel spiders, or wind scorpions, are not actually spiders. They are in fact Solifugids and, like spiders, they belong to the class Arachnida.
-The creatures are completely non-venomous.
-They are silent.
-They do not eat camels alive or dead. They mostly eat other arthropods.
-Some eat lizards and, possibly, birds and small mammals.
-They do run very fast for Arachnids, but certainly not as fast as 25 mph.
-Solifugids are found world wide, although they are more common in drier regions such as Iraq.
-Their bodies range in size from 25mm to 75mm in length. The outstretched leg span may reach 150mm.