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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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KEYWORDS: canteen; troopsupport
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To: bentfeather; All
........gotta go feed my face, & get ready to harass Beachy!
841
posted on
09/21/2006 4:47:14 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(........Support the artists appearing in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: fatima
I know people who'd never go near that thing!
Isn't China building its competition?
842
posted on
09/21/2006 4:47:46 PM PDT
by
Lady Jag
(People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.)
To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska
.........okay sweet stuff, see ya later, don't come back ragging on Ma about me.
To: onyx
Wished you lived closer,I would show you her room,it's a miracle.she even went out and bought new bed spreads.She said it would help her relax:)
844
posted on
09/21/2006 4:48:33 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: txradioguy
Looking sharp there TX!!!!
845
posted on
09/21/2006 4:49:20 PM PDT
by
AZamericonnie
("Patriotism, I now believe, isn't some sentimental, old conceit. It's self-preservation.")
To: Kathy in Alaska
It was a wreath laying ceremony for the Chief of Defense from Poland.
846
posted on
09/21/2006 4:49:39 PM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: bentfeather
Thanks for the music Bestest Girlfriend.
847
posted on
09/21/2006 4:49:58 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: bentfeather; Kathy in Alaska
.....AND why not?????
848
posted on
09/21/2006 4:50:03 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(........Support the artists appearing in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: AZamericonnie
849
posted on
09/21/2006 4:50:06 PM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: txradioguy
850
posted on
09/21/2006 4:50:15 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(........Support the artists appearing in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: txradioguy
851
posted on
09/21/2006 4:50:15 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(........Support the artists appearing in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: txradioguy
852
posted on
09/21/2006 4:50:15 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(........Support the artists appearing in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: fatima
I wish we lived closer for several reasons.
853
posted on
09/21/2006 4:50:21 PM PDT
by
onyx
(1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)
To: tomkow6
To: Lady Jag
I don't know but looking at that made me dizzy.
855
posted on
09/21/2006 4:50:53 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: bentfeather
NOW what are you babbling about?????
856
posted on
09/21/2006 4:51:18 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(........Support the artists appearing in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: tomkow6
LOL!!!! Then you blame them on each other I assume!
857
posted on
09/21/2006 4:51:19 PM PDT
by
AZamericonnie
("Patriotism, I now believe, isn't some sentimental, old conceit. It's self-preservation.")
To: txradioguy
858
posted on
09/21/2006 4:51:25 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
("So what was the price to betray us - Judas?" - SGT Mark Russak to Traitor Murtha)
To: fatima
859
posted on
09/21/2006 4:51:30 PM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: fatima
*HUGS* Bestest girlfriend. ;)
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