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.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Someone forgot.....Friday this week. d:o)

[GrandEagle]

Somehow I missed all of the information about this rally.
When and where?

[txradioguy]

T-I-double guh-er.

That's me!

Hi ma!

[stand watie]

TRUE!

sorry to hear that ya'll aren't staying to chow down.

also i was hoping that you would have time for me to escort ya'll through "our museum". we AIs are VERY proud of it.

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[beachn4fun]

OMG! You haven't heard?

The Rally in DC?

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL.....I can't think of any redeeming features.

[txradioguy]

No I hadn't heard anything about it. Had my head down too far in work.

[stand watie]

OK, this ONE time. you HAVE to remember. (chuckle)

fwiw, i hit IHOP about 9:30 for 5 buttermilk with ham steak.

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[stand watie]

will bump it to you.

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[beachn4fun]

Well, I am sure you might be able to sweet talk us into staying. Maybe escort us before or after?

[stand watie]

the museum is open until 6PM.

before works. and you can get in out of the SUN for a while.

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[GrandEagle]

Well, it seems that I'll have to miss this one.
Is there a "PING" list of some sort I can get on to be notified when these sort of things happen?

[beachn4fun]

We're coming early so we can visit the memorials. So, we'll have to meet up and arrange a time.

[stand watie]

ping "kristinn" & he'll be PLEASED to put you on it.

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[stand watie]

OK. check your mailbox.

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[beachn4fun]

You can find info here

[beachn4fun]

checking

[stand watie]

it's there NOW.

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[beachn4fun]

your turn

[GrandEagle]

Will DO - Thanks!