This remarkable looking creature is named Malt and is a type of arachnid commonly known as a WHIPSCORPION or VINEGAROON.  The name whipscorpion refers to the whip-like 'tail' at the back end of the body which you can see a part of in the pictures below, and the name vinegaroon comes from the fact that it is capable of squirting acetic acid (which is what gives vinegar its distinctive smell) from its abdomen to scare away predators! 

There are many species of whipscorpions living in the tropical countries of the world and this one originates from the rainforests of the Philippines in southeast Asia.  Despite Malt's fearsome appearance she is non-venomous and quite harmless!

The pictures above and below clearly show that a vinegaroon has six 'walking' legs whilst the front two legs are very long and slender.  These legs are in fact used more like antennae than actual legs.  Their eyesight is very poor and these sensory legs help the vinegaroon to feel its way around its environment and to detect the movements of the small animals which it eats. 

Vinegaroons have very big mouthparts called pedipalps which are very much like a scorpion's pincers.  In the next three pictures you can clearly see the difference between how Malt's pincers look whilst they are at rest, curled up and looking a bit like big boxing gloves, to when they are fully extended and looking very dangerous indeed!  They can close these pincers shut surprisingly quickly and any small animal which gets in their way will not have a chance to survive if it gets caught by them! 

These pincers look even more impressive when they are raised into the air as you can see below and in my opinion give Malt the appearance of something which you'd find in a science fiction film rather than in our world's rainforests!