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.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh where, oh where could it be? Stuck in the far dark recesses of a closet. LOL!

[fatima]

I got more:)

[Soaring Feather]

--1. I was born April 22, 1950, in Beckenham, England.

--2. I spent my pre-teen years performing with bands like
The Little Ravens, The Trubeats, and George & The
Dragons.

--3. In 1967, at the age of 16, I became the lead guitarist
and singer for the pop-oriented group The Herd.

--4. I launched a solo career with the debut album Wind Of
Change.

--5. My singles Baby I Love Your Way, Do You Feel Like I Do?
and Show Me the Way dominated the American charts.

Who am I?

[luvie]

Guess I gotta steal borrow it then! :D

[fatima]

Hi txradioguy(((Hugs)))

[AZamericonnie]

Oh goodie.....I knew cow tipping wasn't just an urban legend!:) Cow Tipping....

[AZamericonnie]

Peter Frampton?

[fatima]

Have no clue girlfriend.

[luvie]

Evenin' TX! (((hugs)))

[tomkow6]

..maybe Vlady & Dubya need sum more VODKA????

[fatima]

I have never heard of that:)

[Lady Jag]

Appetite's still weird. Only thing I could stomach after the chicken noodle and then the fries (which I never eat) is an Oscar Mayer frank in a roll with mustard & relish.

I haven't had a hot dog in years!! Three foods I never eat have been the only things tolerated with this bug. Weirds me out.

[txradioguy]

Hi Luv!

[tomkow6]

Cow tipping???...I'm told that's the state's fav pastime in CHEESELAND!

Ask ML, or Ev, when he gets home...LOL!

[tomkow6]

.....you preggers??????

[Soaring Feather]

--Answer to "WHO AM I?"

Peter Frampton. Frampton was a musical prodigy who taught
himself to play the guitar at age seven. He spent his pre-
teen years performing with bands like The Little Ravens, The
Trubeats, and George & the Dragons. Frampton eventually
caught the attention of The Rolling Stones' manager, Bill
Wyman, who recruited him to join the Preachers. In 1967,
under Wyman's tutelage, Frampton became the lead guitarist
and singer for the group The Herd.

He left the group after two years and hit singles like From
the Underworld and I Don't Want Our Loving to Die. He formed
the blues-based rock band Humble Pie with Steve Marriott,
but left two years later to strike out on his own. He
launched his solo career in 1972 with the release of his
debut album Wind of Change. He toured extensively over the
next few years, promoting the albums Frampton's Camel,
Somethin's Happening and Frampton.

His 1976 live double recording Frampton Comes Alive! sold
over 10 million copies, becoming the bestselling live rock
album in history. His singles Baby I Love Your Way, Do You
Feel Like I Do? and Show Me the Way dominated the American
charts. After a near-fatal automobile accident, Frampton was
forced to temporarily shelve his music career. He recorded
sporadically throughout the 1980s, most notably Breaking All
The Rules, The Art of Control, and Premonition.

[tomkow6]

mine

[tomkow6]

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[tomkow6]

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[tomkow6]

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