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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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To: beachn4fun

481 posted on 09/21/2006 8:19:19 AM PDT by Sonora
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To: Kathy in Alaska; fatima; beachn4fun; tomkow6; E.G.C.; GodBlessUSA; LUV W; Mrs.Nooseman; Lady Jag; ..
Good morning Ma and everyone.


482 posted on 09/21/2006 8:19:34 AM PDT by EsmeraldaA
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To: bentfeather

LOL

That is so wild!

Ok, gotta dash and pick up some lunch. BBL


483 posted on 09/21/2006 8:20:00 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
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To: fatima

Har...


484 posted on 09/21/2006 8:24:14 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
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To: TASMANIANRED

Or perhaps a broom, so I could smash the thing at maximum distance. Heh heh heh...


485 posted on 09/21/2006 8:25:11 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
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To: tomkow6
GOOD MORNING everyone! - Another fine, interesting thread!



This looks remarkably like a picture in our local paper not long ago. The caught one of these babies on the causeway going across Mobile Bay (if memory serves me correct), and had to remove him.

I don't know if this IS the pic, but it surely looks like what I remember seeing.
486 posted on 09/21/2006 8:25:36 AM PDT by GrandEagle
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To: AZamericonnie

If you would, please private email that guy's number...

LOL


487 posted on 09/21/2006 8:26:03 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
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To: beachn4fun


Hanging out a bit while my code compiles......AGAIN!
488 posted on 09/21/2006 8:30:55 AM PDT by GrandEagle
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To: DoughtyOne

Good morning!


489 posted on 09/21/2006 8:31:40 AM PDT by GrandEagle
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To: Kathy in Alaska

No, I didn't like to hear those details either. Yikes... LOL


490 posted on 09/21/2006 8:32:35 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
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To: fatima

VERY interesting thread - Thanks for doing the research!


491 posted on 09/21/2006 8:32:39 AM PDT by GrandEagle
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To: beachn4fun
GM, beachn!

free dixie SMOOCH,sw

492 posted on 09/21/2006 8:41:06 AM PDT by stand watie ( Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. -----T.Jefferson)
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To: beachn4fun
GM SMOOCH!

free dixie,sw

493 posted on 09/21/2006 8:42:16 AM PDT by stand watie ( Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. -----T.Jefferson)
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To: DoughtyOne

Oh, dang

I was hoping you were the guy to call if I ever discovered one in my house.

(wink)


494 posted on 09/21/2006 8:44:21 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
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To: GrandEagle

Looking good.

Good morning.


495 posted on 09/21/2006 8:44:32 AM PDT by EsmeraldaA
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To: EsmeraldaA

((HUGS))Good morning, EsmeraldaA. How's it going?


496 posted on 09/21/2006 8:45:03 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: beachn4fun

Howdy neighbor!


497 posted on 09/21/2006 8:46:19 AM PDT by txradioguy (In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
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To: GrandEagle

I'm kinda hanging around, myself. Having a bite to eat....waiting for GE to show up (wink)


498 posted on 09/21/2006 8:47:27 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
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To: beachn4fun

me


499 posted on 09/21/2006 8:47:57 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
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To: beachn4fun

me


500 posted on 09/21/2006 8:47:58 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered".......(Thomas Paine))
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