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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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KEYWORDS: canteen; troopsupport
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To: fatima
LOL, make sure you ping me. I am out for the evening.
To: Allegra
chemical warfare :)I heard they bring back their buds if you don't get them right away..
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:12:24 PM PDT
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fatima
To: Allegra
EWWWWWW!!! I hope you are safe and having fun. Thanks, for all that you and your teammates do for us!
To: The Mayor
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:13:32 PM PDT
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fatima
To: Colonial Warrior
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:14:32 PM PDT
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fatima
To: fatima
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:15:08 PM PDT
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The Mayor
( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
To: fatima
chemical warfare :)I heard they bring back their buds if you don't get them right away.. LOL. I left that location last year and am in "the big city" now. Haven't seen any of those or the scorpions we used to see out on the desert. Thank goodness.
I hope all is well with you. You have been in my thoughts and prayers.
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09/20/2006 6:15:16 PM PDT
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Allegra
(Home, Sweet Home!)
To: Jet Jaguar
Get better-night-PS ,got the pic of the cat.You are bad:)
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:15:33 PM PDT
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fatima
To: Allegra
Thank Honey-It was up and down today.They do live more in the desert locations.
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:17:37 PM PDT
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fatima
To: rabidralph
I hope you are safe and having fun. I'm safe now...I'm HOME! Headed back next week, though. All good things must come to an end. ;-)
Thank you for your kind comments. I hope all is well with you.
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:17:43 PM PDT
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Allegra
(Home, Sweet Home!)
To: fatima
Okay, I'm going on the record here.
The wife calls me to get rid of one these things and I'm bailing.
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:24:54 PM PDT
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DoughtyOne
(Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
To: DoughtyOne
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:26:18 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: fatima
They sure are.
BTW, just how large are the hands of the children this guy is talking about?
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:27:32 PM PDT
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DoughtyOne
(Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
To: fatima
What a thread...It's stupendous. It's tremendous..It's gargantuan.
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:30:39 PM PDT
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TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: Allegra
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09/20/2006 6:31:23 PM PDT
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TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: DoughtyOne
I don't know.DoughtyOne is this story true or false:)
Username: Fred F.
I spent 11 months in Iraq with my fiancé (now wife) and we brought home a camel spider that we kept as a pet. It was so cute and is actually potty trained. It grew from just a few inches to about a foot long (I saved all of its skins). We let it sleep with us in our bedjust like a puppy. Recently, my wife developed a lump on the left side of her abdomen. The doctors agreed that it was benign (basic cyst). A dermatologist at the Mayo clinic lanced it and found several marble-sized eggs and a live, baby spider.
Now, we have a beautiful daughter (spider) named Shadow. My wife feels blessed to have been the surrogate mother and the two of them (Hungry and Shadow) are part of our family. Today I found a lump on the inside of my mouthwhat a joy!!
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:32:00 PM PDT
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fatima
To: DoughtyOne
Put a cup...er a gallon bucket over it.
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09/20/2006 6:32:36 PM PDT
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TASMANIANRED
(The Internet is the samizdat of liberty..)
To: TASMANIANRED
Thanks Tas:)Nice to see you.
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posted on
09/20/2006 6:36:37 PM PDT
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fatima
To: fatima; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; Defender2; OneLoyalAmerican; bkwells; ...
To: fatima
Ok....I'm all settled in for a bit...I think! lol
Thank you for this evenings thread Fatima! I'm not a real squeamish gal when it comes to crawly critters but if I saw one of those things in my house I'm quite sure I would squeal!!!
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09/20/2006 6:37:36 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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