Saharan Spiders

Reader Jeff, whom I met in Morocco, writes regarding my Sahara write-up:

"One small complaint though: there was no mention of the huge, terrifying angry spider that was in my tent in the Sahara. It was as big as my hand and I’m pretty sure it wanted to lay its eggs in my brain."

My apologies - I meant to mention this, but forgot. As it happened, the guys in that tent decided to cede it to the spider and just slept outside. In any case, here's a picture of the Sahara: