Rolling
Stone, 21 September 1978, p. 44
Ethiopia After the Revolution
Vultures
Return to the Land
of Sheba
By
Donald R. Katz
[...]
An American mercenary, an old African hand, once told me that in Ethiopia there
is a spider that eats only living flesh. It's called the camel spider and is
equipped with a prong on its back that emits a local anaesthetic. He told me
that at night the camel spider descends while you sleep, gives you a shot, and
eats your lips. I slept with my hand over my mouth. [...]
