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.

[fatima]

What-your can of worms-I don't think sooo:)

[Kathy in Alaska]

My next care package will finally be able to have chocolate in it!!

Good job, Allegra, on your third summer and thanks for your service to our country.

[MeekMom]

re: 201
Hey, we're 1 degree different!
How do you like that?

[laurenmarlowe]

Welcome home CMS!

Thank you for fighting for our freedom and defending our Country, AGAIN.

*HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! Fall is on its way. Feeling better yet?

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you Allegra for your service to our Country!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Spiders are not my favorite thing. d:o)

[Allegra]

My next care package will finally be able to have chocolate in it!!

I'll give you my APO address.

(Just kidding...LOL)

[Lady Jag]

No, you silly goose!

Do you have any appetite at all after all the goo you posted?

[TASMANIANRED]

The Mouse that Roared...

[fatima]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uKNI58mi7k

[TASMANIANRED]

Saber toothed mouse that is 6 foot tall...

Don't want him in the corn crib.

[MeekMom]

Much better. Thank you dear! ((hugs))

[SevenofNine]

Well well report off Tass news wire report maybe Vlady is putting all his KGB powers on power, oil and rest of the company in Russia

[Allegra]

WELCOME HOME, CMS!

Thank you for your service to our country. Enjoy soaking up all this sweet

FREEDOM!!

...that heroes like you make possible.

[Allegra]

LOL! THAT video clip was cute!

[TASMANIANRED]

Steel toes only.

Steel shorts

[fatima]

Hi Beautiful (((Hugs)))
Aug 22, 2005
During 1966 / 1967 I was stationed in Aden and had cause to go up to Habilayn on the Yemen border. I came across a camel spider one evening in the arms store where I was working. I killed it and then told one of our medics who disected them for a hobby. When he saw the state of the spider he said it was no good, but let him know when the other one showed up. He told me that they go around in twos or threes. A very sobering thought. The very next day in the same building a spider ran over my mates foot. I cannot repeat what he said. After some grief we did with the aid of the medic catch this one. The are fast, strong and can jump like hell!!!
No further spiders were found in our building but the same week anotherpair was found in the serjeant's mess tent. They are not the sort of creature that anyone would want to share a room with. Once seen, definately not forgotten.
Tony Baker
Ex REME

[fatima]

Hard way to live Army Air Corps.

[TASMANIANRED]

Was one of my Mom's words.

I don't know what all it was a contraction for
If you say it just right it almost sounds like an invective..