FReeper Canteen~ Camel Spiders Found in Iraq , Urban Legends and Folklore ~Sept.21,2006

[fatima]

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Camel Spiders Found in Iraq , Urban Legends and Folklore Urban Legends:Subject: FW: Camel Spider found in Iraq--This is a huge spider!!!! Yuck. I sure am glad we don't have these here. Although we probably will after this war..... This picture is a perfect example of why you don't want to go to the desert. These are 2 of the biggest I've ever seen. With a vertical leap that would make a pro basketball player weep with envy (they have to be able to jump up on to a camels stomach after all), these spiders latch on and inject you with a local anesthesia so you can't feel it feeding on you. They eat flesh, not just suck out your juices like a normal spider. Comments: The photo appears to be authentic. Fortunately for all of us — especially the guys in the picture — the same cannot be said of the accompanying text, which merely repeats false rumors circulating since the start of the Iraq war. This scary-looking creature (actually, it's a pair of scary-looking creatures dangling end-to-end) is indeed commonly called a camel spider, but it is found in arid locales all over the world — including the southwestern United States — not just in the Gulf region. A typical specimen can grow to about the size of a child's hand, but, though they are known for being vicious predators, camel spiders are neither venomous nor a threat to human beings. They don't eat camels, either.

World's Tallest Woman Netlore Archive: Emailed photos purport to show the tallest woman in the world Description: Emailed photos Circulating since: 2002 Status: False

The Giant Grizzly Bear Not quite a world record In real life, the big grizzly in the first two photographs measured 10' 6" from nose to tail and weighed an estimated 1,000 to 1,200 pounds — unusually large for the vicinity in which it was found, says the USDA Forest Service, but not quite a world record, nor even a record for Alaska. It was killed on October 14, 2001 by U.S. Air Force Airman Theodore Winnen on Hinchinbrook Island, Prince William Sound. The photos were taken by his hunting partner, Staff Sgt. James Urban. Both were stationed at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks at the time. Though the bear was within 10 yards of the hunters' position and moving towards them when he fired the first shot, Winnen says, it did not charge them, contrary to what the email claims. "I don't know if the wind was in our favor or what," he told the Anchorage Daily News. "We were dressed in camouflage. He might not have seen us." Winnen's weapon was a 338-caliber Winchester Magnum, not a 7mm semi-automatic as alleged. The first bullet pierced the bear's brain but left it standing; five more in the chest brought it down.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Ketel One on the rocks also helps.

I figured you for a Lite beer drinker.

:)

[Allegra]

while walking back from chow, I saw some aurora borealis!

In Baghdad??? I've never seen that there. Dang! I've seen some absolutely stunning sunrises and sunsets and some lovely starry nights, but aurora borealis...? WOW.

I'm going to have to give you my Iraqna-rock-me-baby number so you can call me if you see one again.

[Lady Jag]

You must be feeling better.

You pick up on signs fast! Real time, as a matter of fact! I was just thinking of food and the craving seemed less weird and more like the old me.

[Lady Jag]

Your production company is gearing up and starting really fast!

Things going smoothly so far? You all seem to be speeding . . .

[fatima]

Take it easy and eat light and then wait awhile.

[fatima]

I want 13 done by December maybe sooner.I was invited to a live feed shoot that will air international.I said no.

[Lady Jag]

Why does that work?

[fatima]

Well your system does not have to work so hard.If your still ill you will know in an hour after you eat.

[Lady Jag]

You can't do 13 by December, no way.

What's your schedule? You're traveling around? What's the scope?

[Lady Jag]

Probably could've figured that out on a better day! A good thing is I slept through a lot of the bug.

[fatima]

Sure we can.They are only 1/2 hour long.We broke it down to 3 locations with 10 minutes each.Each location should try to do 6 -10 minutes segments and then we come back in a month.

[Lady Jag]

I'll be praying for your success. Youth is on your side.

[SoldierDad]

God Bless all of you. Still no word from the front. Prayers up.

[fatima]

We can do it.The technical part is the hardest.We have stations waiting to air it.Thanks for you prayers Lady Jag(((Hugs)))

[fatima]

OK,I will pray before I go to bed.You know we always get an answer when the listeners pray-myabe the computers are down.

[SoldierDad]

God Bless you Kathy. The graphic is perfect for this song. I hope others enjoy this as much as I did.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I really like the song and will post it often. I couldn't find a graphic last night and really looked. I tried again this morning and found one I really like.

[SoldierDad]

You've done an absolutely wonderful job. Thank you again, and God Bless.

[Kathy in Alaska]

BUSTED!! I wonder how many sales he made before he got busted?

[Kathy in Alaska]

My pleasure...a song of comfort for all our troops.