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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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To: txradioguy
Very nice indeed. How long did it take the soldier to get ready? I saw a documentary about the soldiers getting ready for the Tomb of the Unknown and wow....did they pay attention to the smallest details. The Old Guard is a very special group.
881
posted on
09/21/2006 4:59:11 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: StarCMC
It's not going too badly.
882
posted on
09/21/2006 5:00:12 PM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: Kathy in Alaska; bentfeather
MAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
'Feather's calling you a LUNATIC!!!!!
883
posted on
09/21/2006 5:01:39 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(........Support the artists appearing in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Those guys prep 24/7. The smallest detail isn't the half of it! LOL! They are just about the elite of the Old Guard members.
884
posted on
09/21/2006 5:01:40 PM PDT
by
txradioguy
(In Memory Of My Friend 1SG Tim Millsap A Co. 70th Eng. K.I.A. 25 April 2005)
To: StarCMC
885
posted on
09/21/2006 5:01:47 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: AZamericonnie
886
posted on
09/21/2006 5:02:08 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska
Ma, he is lieing through his spotted teeth.
To: Kathy in Alaska; bentfeather
Ma, I'm gonna TRADE 'Feather for a box of dumb rocks, okay??????
...MUCH more useful!.........Can throw them at trolls.....
888
posted on
09/21/2006 5:06:24 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(........Support the artists appearing in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska
You are a troll! Warts on your nose, stinky arm pits and more that can't be mentioned in polite company.
To: SandRat
Hurrah for you, free at last from the cube!!
890
posted on
09/21/2006 5:07:59 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Real
891
posted on
09/21/2006 5:08:10 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: fatima
Thanks Fatima for the great story, you told it well!
892
posted on
09/21/2006 5:10:42 PM PDT
by
sasha123
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem)
To: bentfeather
...........Wanna buy a BURKA????????????
893
posted on
09/21/2006 5:11:46 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(........Support the artists appearing in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
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To: bentfeather
U gots FReepmail.........
899
posted on
09/21/2006 5:12:46 PM PDT
by
tomkow6
(........Support the artists appearing in the Canteen (buy a BURKA)!)
To: bentfeather
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