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.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I really really don't like those spiders. d:o)

[TASMANIANRED]

Talk about playing with fire.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, D1.....they are disgusting!!! And I don't like the part about moving very quickly and being able to jump.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Taz....any excitement for you today? A theme? ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Laurita, for your service to America.
Prayers for your safety and success of mission.

[Allegra]

Hey chickie!! How long are ya home for?

Hiya, Satr!

I've been home about two and a half weeks and I head back next week.

For only three more months. Then, I'll come home for good. WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!

[fatima]

Well I think they are yuck.Way too big for me but they are interesting.

[Allegra]

Sorry, I mistyped your name, Star.

My typing sucks. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Ev, for your service to America.
Prayers for your safety and success of missions.

49 days!!

[StarCMC]

WOOOHOOO!!! Good to hear it!

(And I'm a typo queen too! LOL)

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thanks for tonites thread fatima!
Hiya Ma!
Good evening Canteeners and Troops!
Long day and far too much of it..
I'm in for abit!
Hugs alla round!
Ms.B

[Allegra]

You must be a Texan...

That I am. And proud of it. :-D

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ms b......wanna pet spider? fatima has lots. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nate, for your service to our country.
And thanks to you too, sneakers, Proud Navy Mom.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Hope, for today's Pledge. Thanks to you, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your parts in helping keep all of us free and safe.

[StarCMC]

Well Friends, time for this chick to hit the hay!
I'll see ya'll in a few hours!!

To all of my heroes out there:  you guys & gals have
my undying gratitude.  I can never repay you for
what you have done for me.  But know this, I
will do my best to keep our country a place
that you want to come home to.

Goodnight, my heroes, wherever you are!

 

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Uh...
I'll pass on that one Ma..
Thanks anyway!
With my luck Minette would bring me one!
LOL
Ms.B

[StarCMC]

Hey Ms.B!! *HUGS!*

I'm headed for bed! Gotta get up and get 4 kids moving EARLY tomorrow. Miss ya, lady!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, AndrewC...."enlisted" eh....LOL!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Miss you too!!
When ya gonna be able to stick around?
*HUG*
ms.B