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

[fatima]

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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.

[tongue-tied]

LOL...rog you sure did pay your dues if you remember no chow hall. I'm waiting for the rainy season so that you get all muddy to and from the showers during the walk.

My location is about 30-40 seconds from the shower, 45-60 seconds from the latrine/head/bathroom. I can just see being in a hurry and having your feet go out from under you in the mud. Might as well turn right and hit the showers and wash the mud and pee off at once.

[tomkow6]

Evenin', Allegra!

[fatima]

Hubble Space Telescope Photo: 'The Eye of God' Netlore Archive: Emailed NASA photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has been labeled 'The Eye of God' Description: Emailed photo Status: Authentic NASA image Circulating since: May 2003

[AZamericonnie]

Howdy E.G.C.! I mean't to post & play a bit but got busy. lol

[tomkow6]

Where were you? Keflavik? Rejkavik?

[tongue-tied]

Good night all! I have to sign off for the night and get ready for turnover.

I'll be looking for spiders on the way home now, thanks! sheesh

[tomkow6]

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[fatima]

Hehe Comments: MSgt. Lee Roberts of the public affairs office of Randolph Air Force Base expressed more than a little exasperation when I queried him as to the authenticity of this photo. "I'm getting inundated with email on this subject," he said, and urged me to spread the word: "The flyby never took place. The photo is an illustration."

[luvie]

WAAAAAAAA!!! I just missed you! I was finding songs for tomorrow night!

I guess this means your internet is SORTA back anyhow? Hope so!!

(((hugs)))...see ya next time. Don't step on any spiders. :D

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya sw! Oh how I wish I could be there! I'm just a wee bit far away ya know. I can't wait to hear the AAR afterwards. I hope you'll have some pictures to share!

[fatima]

Comments: While it's not unheard of to spot multiple waterspouts or tornadoes in the same general vicinity, another meteorologist explained to me, the supposed "Hurricane Lili" photo struck some scientists as suspicious from the outset because it would be quite out of the ordinary to see three waterspouts this large emerging this close together under even the most extreme weather conditions.

[swmobuffalo]

"Morning, Swmobuffalo!"

Evening tomkow! Missed your greeting this morning. I had already left to go fishing!

[AZamericonnie]

Good night TT! Sleep tight.....don't let the camel spiders bite!:) *Hugs*

[SevenofNine]

hey guys I wasn't around this morning does me feel really dirty seeing Hugo Chavez hugging that little girl at that Harlem event

Also where is Showtime at Apollo people HELLO

[tongue-tied]

Kef...from...lemme see....1999-2001. OMD, UP-3A maintenance guy.

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Pinging so I have it in my thingamabob.

[tomkow6]

...........can I go fishin' withcha next time?????...I gots lotsa worms!