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.

[Lady Jag]

You are some fussy eater!

How'dja get to post a thread like this with a stomach like that?

[Allegra]

You all should invest in a good pair of Rubbah Slippahs!

And let my exposed toes come near one of those things? EEEEEEEEEEEEK!!

[SevenofNine]

WHOA I saw this on FR GUYS

Life goes on in Thailand

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1705249/posts

[fatima]

What does that mean Tas.:)
Sept 27, 2005
I have read the stories about camel spiders with interest. I grew up in South Africa, and have encountered thousands of these creatures. They are very scary indeed.
In South Africa they are called Roman Spiders or Hair Shaving Spiders. They are very aggressive when bothered, but I do not hear of bites very often.
What makes them very scary is that they are so fast. They are also very keen to get out of the hot sun, and when you encounter them in a field where there are no shade, they will pursue your shadow, scaring the living daylights out of you in the process. They will however stop and stay in your shadow when you stop.
The reason why they are called Hair Shaving Spiders is creepy. They will neatly chew of a piece of your hair with their scissor-like jaws while you are asleep. They then use it to line their nests. They bite the hair off very close to the skin. therefore it appears like a rough shave. If they bite it is very painful, but they have no venom and it heals quickly.
Arnold Meyer
Pretoria
South Africa

[SevenofNine]

Hey Tomkow what happen to your CUBS???

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy y'all!

Great thread fatima, thanks! ICK, LOL!

Made it to Atlanta, stopped here for a night of rest.

Hope everyone is well!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Hello!

A true story:

At Least They Died Happy

"The ongoing spate of Internet reports of unusual deaths, both real and fictional, might lead some to believe extraordinary modes of demise are a recent phenomenon. Nothing could be further from the truth-the Grim Reaper has always found incredible methods of ending human life.

One such instance took place in 1814 in London. On October 17 of that year, a rupture in a brewery tank containing 3,500 barrels of beer caused a flood of fatal proportions in the London parish of St. Giles. The wave of beer swept victims off their feet, dashed them against walls, and buried them in debris. Two houses were edmolished in the sea of beer suddenly loosed upon the town, and nine people lost their lives in the flood of suds."

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, JJ.....all your jets fed and ready to defend our country?

[WestVirginiaRebel]

And mine!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

And mine!

[WestVirginiaRebel]

And mine!

[SevenofNine]

More breaking news in Kydto news wire report that Thail General claim he stay in power for one year he want elections as soon as possible

[Lady Jag]

Temp is still over 100 but has finally dipped (much like yours truly) and I'm ready for more protein and less formic acid.

[AZamericonnie]

Well....ya wouldn't catch me getting close enough to sweep it up! LOL

We have wolf spiders here. I've had a couple over the years.

[fatima]

Your welcome Beautiful:)

[BIGLOOK]

Geez Allegra! Kick the slippah off, hold it in your hand and whack the spidah!

[fatima]

He he he.OK I'll stop.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, CW....hope life is treating you well.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, ms feather, for the Canteen Blessing for the Troops.

[Allegra]

Thanks. I am loving my home leave.

I head back all too soon....(sigh...)

I'm going to finish up in January. That'll be three years and that's enough fun and excitement. LOL

Three more months 'til I'm home for good!