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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: fatima
You are the keeper of the spider horror legends.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:36:37 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: Kathy in Alaska
I like to look at them and feed them.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:36:37 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: Allegra
What kind of chocolate?![](http://images15.fotki.com/v228/photos/5/55348/1939041/Hersheyguy2-vi.gif)
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:36:56 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: laurenmarlowe
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:37:14 PM PDT
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TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: AZamericonnie
Bare skin,, never ever on purpose.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:38:34 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: fatima
fatima!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Feed them???
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:39:14 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: Lady Jag
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:39:15 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: Allegra
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:39:17 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: AZamericonnie
249
posted on
09/20/2006 8:39:53 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: Allegra
250
posted on
09/20/2006 8:40:17 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: laurenmarlowe
They will know you aren't local if you use sugar and milk.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:42:32 PM PDT
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TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: tomkow6; LUV W; All
This is interesting report from Xinurea news wire report that Thailand King appoint Thailand General who mastermind that coup of PM in Thailand well isn't that special
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:42:45 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
(I'd rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy)
To: txradioguy; sxytxredhead73
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Thanks, tx, for your service to our country.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:43:12 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: Allegra
Wouldn't touch a dead one without a shovel.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:43:40 PM PDT
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TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: TASMANIANRED
Wow you talk like Father Anthony-He has some Italian ,English words.I have to stop him to explain but it always makes sense.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:44:07 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: Allegra
Didja keep your skivies in the freezer.
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:45:06 PM PDT
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TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: MeekMom
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:45:37 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: fatima
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OK, fatima....who would wear these "shoes"?
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:45:45 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: TASMANIANRED
July 31, 2005
I just found this site this morning while looking for a picture someone said
they saw of a 4-5ft camel spider a soldier was holding up. I'm pretty sure
it's the picture with the 2 normal sized spiders someone is holding up.
Anyway, here's a story.
I'm currently in Iraq and sometimes while on guard duty I see these things.
A few nights ago four of us were on duty at a little wooden shack. 2 of us
were sitting outside in chairs and the other 2 were inside. We'd already
seen about 4 fairly small spiders that night so we were glancing around
quite a bit. Suddenly there came this scream from inside, "IT'S RIGHT BY
YOUR HEAD!!!". Both of them jumped for the door at once at which point she
shoved (still screaming) the other guy (who hadn't actually seen the spider)
into the wall and flew outside. Once he was out of the way the 3rd guy and
I poked our heads inside to see this "monster" spider. There on the wall
was the smallest baby camel spider I've seen yet. about the size of a
nickel.
While 3 of us were doubled over laughing all she could say was, "It looked
alot bigger than that when I saw it"
-Sgt Schwarz
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:47:02 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: laurenmarlowe
(((Lauren))))
I'll bet you're gone now. I tried to sleep but couldn't this early, so here I am again! :D
Thanks for the wishes. I am sooooooo looking forward to this. I will have hugs for everyone from you. This will be fun!!! hee-hee...I LOVE hugs! And now I get twice as many!
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posted on
09/20/2006 8:47:16 PM PDT
by
luvie
(We didn’t lose almost 3000 people that day.We lost one wonderful person at a time, almost 3000 times)
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