FReeper Canteen~ Camel Spiders Found in Iraq , Urban Legends and Folklore ~Sept.21,2006

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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.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Welcome Home CMS!!!!

and....

God Bless you.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Morning Fawnn.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Meg

That is so cute.

[Fawnn]

g'mornin'

[MozartLover]

Yep!

We're in the 40s now!!!!:) :) :)

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Auntie Fawnn

(waving)

Good morning, Fawnn's Ma. Hope you are feeling better.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Morning ML.{{{HUGS}}}

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, My

How are you?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning and (((HUGS))) EG.

Whats up?

[MEG33]

Happy Thursday To The Canteen

~Thank You To All Who Serve Our Country~

[MozartLover]

Good morning Mrs. N.!

...............and a chilly one here (35).

[mylife]

Headed to work Hon.
Have a good day

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, ML

40-something and counting down!

(waving)Hiya, Ev.

[beachn4fun]

Have a good day at work.

Hope to see you this evening.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

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.

[E.G.C.]

((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.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Keeping you in my prayers.
Hope the storm won't be to bad.

[swmobuffalo]

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.

[beachn4fun]

Yikes!

Sounds bad

Keep safe

[beachn4fun]

Well, be careful

See EG's post #436