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.

[Lady Jag]

Okay, see you later.

[Soaring Feather]

Why would I want to play with your spider?? hmmmmmm?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, tx...((HUGS)) That would be you...LOL!!

[Soaring Feather]

Howdy acad, tanks for da Blues.

[Soaring Feather]

Got me own spider!

[Soaring Feather]

Roy Ayers~Smooth Jazz

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, boys! Have great days....(HUGS))....

[Soaring Feather]

Sarah Vaughan~Misty

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, acad, for today's daily dose o' da blues...((HUGS)) Only 63 degrees....cool for you? Rain?

[tomkow6]

I thought you liked my spider?

[Soaring Feather]

What ever gave you that idea?? I never said that.

I would rather be a pet rock of yours.

[SoldierDad]

A late good morning to you, Kathy. An early meeting kept me from my computer this morning. Have a Blessed day.

[AZamericonnie]

Good afternoon Troops & Canteeners! Hope you are all well on this lovely day. Speaking of urban legends.....

Anybody remember this guy?:)

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Mrs.N.....#400!!
tom.....#450 and #600!!
beachy.....#500!!
ms feather.....#550!!

[acad1228]

yep, much cooler. Light rain all day. global warming sucks, doesn't it!

[Soaring Feather]

Yes, that's Tomkow, Tourist Guy's brother.

Tourist Guy used to come around here a lot, then Burkaman moved in so Tourist Guy left in a huff.

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Ma, sorry I don't have the Fan Fare up for you.

Thanks for the WOO HOO!

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good afternoon, AZAmericonnie. How's it going?

[tomkow6]

MA! 'Feather sez it's OK for me to trade her for a box of rocks!

[tomkow6]

Afternoon, SoldierDad!