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.

[MEG33]

Thank you, GeeBee..Hugs!

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning E.G.C.
Glad they are not in severe form of storms. Great you are finally getting some rain. :)
Hugs!

[StarCMC]

That mess is supposed to get here tonight or tomorrow I think. :-)

Fly-by good morning all! Off to get kids to their respective schools! *HUGS!*

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Morning, GodBlessUSA.

It's cloudy right now. No rain yet but some more is coming.

[tomkow6]

Morning, Star!

[beachn4fun]

And probably show up here on Saturday, the day of my first FReeper Rally. Bummer!

(waving) Hiya, Star

[beachn4fun]

Soldier's Psalm 91 Prayer
By Harriet Yoder

O Lord Most High, help me to dwell in your secret place and abide under Your shadow.

Help me to believe and say out loud for everyone to hear that You are my refuge and my fortress; that You are my God; and that in You I put my trust.

O Lord God Almighty, please deliver me from hidden traps and diseases.

Father God, cover me with Your camouflage; hide me under Your wings; and let Your truth be my shield and buckler against the fiery darts—the lies—of the enemy.

Lord Jesus, help me not to be afraid of terrorists' attacks in the night; or weapons that fly by day; or sicknesses that walk in darkness; or destruction that wastes at noonday.

O Holy God, though a thousand fall at my side, and ten thousand fall at my right hand; please let it not come close to me and my companions.

O Lord Most High, let me live to see the reward of the wicked, because You are my refuge and my home. Let no evil conquer me and let no plague come into my house or near my family.

O Lord, my Strength and my Redeemer, please set angels over me to keep me in all Your ways, to bear me up in their hands and to keep my feet from stumbling.

Father God, help me to tread upon the lion and adder and trample the young lion and the dragon under my feet.

Lord Jesus, I love you with all my heart and I know Your name. Deliver me and lift me on high to soar with the eagles. I call upon you to be with me in times of trouble to deliver and honor me because I know Your name. Please show me Your salvation and satisfy me with a long life.

I ask this prayer in the name of Jesus Christ

Amen.

[beachn4fun]

[beachn4fun]

Hiya, hon

[beachn4fun]

I heard you were having 'puter problems?

[beachn4fun]

I heard you needed some sugar

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, GB.

[NRA1995]

Good morning Canteeners, Cubies, Newbies & Troops! Enjoying some nice cool, crisp weather here in the land of the Potentates On The Potomac. Just got done listening to a couple radio clips of Ann Coulter being interviewed by Matt Drudge about her "Godless" book, she is SUCH a gem! Hope you're all having yourselves a great day and enjoy the comfort food!

[MrEdd]

MMmmm...Waffles...

[tomkow6]

Morning, NRA!

[tomkow6]

 Hi, MrEdd !!

Welcome to the Canteen!

 

Wanna buy a burka?

 

 

[NRA1995]

Terrific comfort food, no?

[NRA1995]

Hiya Tom!

[MrEdd]

yep. add a side of bacon, a fried egg, a cup of coffee, and Free Republic on your pocket PC - and you got my breakfast!

[Soaring Feather]

Hey beachy, click