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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: beachn4fun; CMS
Welcome Home CMS!!!!
and....
God Bless you.
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421
posted on
09/21/2006 5:21:19 AM PDT
by
Mrs.Nooseman
(Proud supporter of our Troops and President GW!!!)
To: Fawnn
422
posted on
09/21/2006 5:22:02 AM PDT
by
Mrs.Nooseman
(Proud supporter of our Troops and President GW!!!)
To: MEG33
Good morning, Meg
That is so cute.
423
posted on
09/21/2006 5:22:17 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
To: Mrs.Nooseman
424
posted on
09/21/2006 5:22:35 AM PDT
by
Fawnn
(Canteen wOOhOO Consultant and CookingWithPam.com person - Faith makes things possible, not easy.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Yep!
We're in the 40s now!!!!:) :) :)
425
posted on
09/21/2006 5:24:07 AM PDT
by
MozartLover
( My son, my soldier, my hero. Protect him, Lord, wherever he goes, and keep him strong.)
To: Fawnn
Good morning, Auntie Fawnn
(waving)
Good morning, Fawnn's Ma. Hope you are feeling better.
426
posted on
09/21/2006 5:24:24 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
To: MozartLover
427
posted on
09/21/2006 5:25:02 AM PDT
by
Mrs.Nooseman
(Proud supporter of our Troops and President GW!!!)
To: mylife
Good morning, My
How are you?
428
posted on
09/21/2006 5:25:26 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
To: E.G.C.
Good morning and (((HUGS))) EG.
Whats up?
429
posted on
09/21/2006 5:26:05 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
To: Kathy in Alaska; fatima; beachn4fun; tomkow6; LUV W; AZamericonnie; GodBlessUSA; Lady Jag; ...
Happy Thursday To The Canteen
~Thank You To All Who Serve Our Country~
430
posted on
09/21/2006 5:26:34 AM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
To: Mrs.Nooseman
Good morning Mrs. N.!
...............and a chilly one here (35).
431
posted on
09/21/2006 5:26:45 AM PDT
by
MozartLover
( My son, my soldier, my hero. Protect him, Lord, wherever he goes, and keep him strong.)
To: beachn4fun
Headed to work Hon.
Have a good day
432
posted on
09/21/2006 5:27:21 AM PDT
by
mylife
(the roar of masses could be farts)
To: MozartLover
Good morning, ML
![](http://images18.fotki.com/v342/photos/2/292835/1050316/WOOHOOSign-vi.gif?1157478962)
40-something and counting down!
(waving)Hiya, Ev.
433
posted on
09/21/2006 5:29:32 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
To: mylife
Have a good day at work.
Hope to see you this evening.
434
posted on
09/21/2006 5:30:09 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
To: MozartLover
Wow that is chilly.
I guess the fall weather is moving in everywhere.
We are not that chilly yet,but it is getting there.
50 this morning, but tonight it'll go down to the lower 40.
435
posted on
09/21/2006 5:30:28 AM PDT
by
Mrs.Nooseman
(Proud supporter of our Troops and President GW!!!)
To: beachn4fun; Mrs.Nooseman
((HUGS))Good morning, Beach.
We're getting some rain but we're also getting thunder and lightning. I can't stay on the computer with all that.
Winds forecat 20-30 MPH with gusts to 50 later today.
436
posted on
09/21/2006 5:32:15 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: E.G.C.
Keeping you in my prayers.
Hope the storm won't be to bad.
437
posted on
09/21/2006 5:35:22 AM PDT
by
Mrs.Nooseman
(Proud supporter of our Troops and President GW!!!)
To: beachn4fun; All
Morning everyone, I'm actually up and on the computer this morning. Had one of my insomnia nights, so I"ve been up for awhile! Think I'm gonna grab a fishing pole and run down to the river and see what's biting!
May storm here later but the sun is actually peeping through the clouds.
438
posted on
09/21/2006 5:39:03 AM PDT
by
swmobuffalo
(The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.)
To: E.G.C.
Yikes!
Sounds bad
Keep safe
439
posted on
09/21/2006 5:39:54 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
To: swmobuffalo
Well, be careful
See EG's post #436
440
posted on
09/21/2006 5:43:09 AM PDT
by
beachn4fun
("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
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