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FReeper Canteen~ Camel Spiders Found in Iraq , Urban Legends and Folklore ~Sept.21,2006
Posted on 09/20/2006 6:01:45 PM PDT by fatima
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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; troopsupport
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To: Arrowhead1952; beachn4fun; Lady Jag; GodBlessUSA; LUV W; MeekMom; tongue-tied; txradioguy
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:06:55 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: Allegra; Eagle Eye
How cool the two of you have met!
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:07:43 PM PDT
by
AZamericonnie
("Patriotism, I now believe, isn't some sentimental, old conceit. It's self-preservation.")
To: All
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:07:43 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: Lady Jag
That is music to my ears.....
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:08:58 PM PDT
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AZamericonnie
("Patriotism, I now believe, isn't some sentimental, old conceit. It's self-preservation.")
To: Allegra
Chemical warfare sounds perfectly fitting. LOL!! Burial is fitting too.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:09:07 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; All
Awwwww MA, those are spicy green things, LOL!
Just throw those grits on a biscuit with a fried egg, YUMMY!
You have a very safe trip too LUV!
*HUGS* to y'all!
To: OldArmy94
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:11:33 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: Kathy in Alaska
75°F in Baghdad at 0710 and 55°F in Anchorage at 1910 Baghdad's cooling down. It should be nice when I get back. I'm having to ship a box of cooler weather clothes over there. I'll need them in about a month or so.
Made it through my third summer in Iraq!
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:11:48 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Home, Sweet Home!)
To: fatima
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:12:01 PM PDT
by
MeekMom
(Present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.)
To: AZamericonnie
God bless you and thenk you.
XOX
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:12:49 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.)
To: fatima; tomkow6; LUV W; All
This is what I don't get why US badmouth Thailand miltary for taking power State dept told BBC wire they are not amused WHATEVER
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:13:06 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(I'd rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy)
To: CMS
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:13:11 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: Eagle Eye
I can help you.I would love to see them.Freepmail me if you want.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:13:31 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: TASMANIANRED
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:15:15 PM PDT
by
MeekMom
(Present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.)
To: Allegra
I saw video of the troops keeping them as pets and feeding them.That sounds like fun.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:16:36 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: BIGLOOK
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:18:17 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: Eagle Eye
Thanks for your service for our country!
God bless you Eagle Eye. :)
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:18:41 PM PDT
by
MeekMom
(Present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God.)
To: LUV W
Yep, sandstroms that make the ones on Mars look like light breezes. Many a time I have walked at a 45-degree angle just to trudge through the wind.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:18:59 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Allegra
:)No getting lost girlfriend:)Hehe
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:19:39 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: Kathy in Alaska; CMS
Touchdown on American soil today!! Isn't it awesome to be able to say that?! So glad your home CMS!
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:20:13 PM PDT
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AZamericonnie
("Patriotism, I now believe, isn't some sentimental, old conceit. It's self-preservation.")
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