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]

Oops....I forgot. Minette is good at bringing you her "friends". I am on my way home in 5 minutes.

[StarCMC]

FRIDAY NIGHT!! Got my music ready to play and I will be here! :-)

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Allegra!
Welcome home!
*HUG*
Ms.B

[fatima]

Mark, July 5, 2005
Yes, I had my first encounter with the infamous (meaning "more than famous"), Camel Spider. I had taken trash to the big dumpster and while throwing everything in I got oil on my hands, but I saw a clean one in the dumpster and reached in and grabbed it. As I stood up I saw something out of the corner of my eye, and let me tell you, it was fast. I jumped back and it raced right under me on the rim of the dumpster, about chest high. When I moved back it jumped (it did not fall!), it jumped towards me, off the dumpster. Luckily, it missed me or I'd have been run out of the army for screaming like a little girl. It ran under the hummvee and I found myself saying to myself "self, 120 is not really that hot, a nice walk (or run) back to the motorpool sounds pretty good". But I decided to try to get a picture of it for everyone and I moved the hummvee forward and tried to find it on the ground, but it had vanished (because thats what spiders do, they know they can scare you more if they pull the "now you see me, now you don't" trick). Now, who says I don't love you guys. I was prepared to face a huge, mutant spider, with nothing between us but a camera, for YOU!! Insurgents are one thing, just as long as the president promises never to send us into caves to destroy the camel spider population. I don't think I'd ever recover from that. I hope you all enjoyed my story, just a little entertainmen at my expense, I can deal with that. So next time you see a spider in your house, don't freak out, I promise you it won't be the size of a rat and look like the thing from Alien that attatches itself to your face (and that's the best I can honestly describe it).

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Cool!!
See ya then!
Ms.B

[fatima]

Hi Ribbons(((Hugs)))

[fatima]

Good night Beautiful.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Hi Boss!
*HUG*
Hey, can we go to the Saloon tonite?
I just had me a day to end them all!
*Ribbons*

[TASMANIANRED]

Totally strange day...

[TASMANIANRED]

We are proud of you too.

Being a Texan just helps.

[fatima]

We'er going to the desert to catch some spiders-camel-iraq.Get your Burka ready Ribbons.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

No way!!
Nuh uh!!
Not me!
I HATES spiders!!
LOL
Ms.B

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Schatzi.

Smooch.

I recall your spider tale.

I'm not a fan either.

[fatima]

You can put ribbons on your Burka just this one time:)

[fatima]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4206915637220287065&q=camel+spiders&hl=en

[Kathy in Alaska]

Is that a good thing to have on occasion? Or does it make you wonder?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*Smooch*
Had a rough shift today Sissy..
I entered one of my ladies rooms to help her get ready for bed..
She was in the throes of a heart attack when I found her..
I handled it just fine, she's in the hospital doing better..
But man, am I beat now!
Ms.B

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

ms b.....#300!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Kevin, for your service to our country.
Prayers for your safety as you begin your mission.

[SevenofNine]

Great report from Interfax wire top Vodka company building is on fire AGAIN report that nobody injuried

Who care what about the VODKA