Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 13, 2020

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    kingdiamond69  over 4 years ago

    50 years old they should have let him go .

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 4 years ago

    I just hope none of those 28 Tibetan glacier viruses were the coronavirus.

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    wjones  over 4 years ago

    1992 and 2015 fits the timeframe when the first case of coronavirus appeared.

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    jimmjonzz Premium Member over 4 years ago

    There are an estimated four million virus species. Only a relative few are able to infect humans. And an even smaller group are dangerous to human life. So the statistical likelihood of any group of newly discovered viruses being annoying to humans is miniscule. And the odds that one might kill you is vanishingly small, more or less equivalent to zero.

    Now if one new virus is discovered in any human population, it is more likely to be infectious to all humans, but the danger to any individual is insignificant .

    Can of worms time: Flu viruses kill millions of Americans every year. Our vaccines are not perfect, but if the shot only protects one in a dozen who get inoculated, thousands, even hundreds of thousands could be saved.

    Hold off on fear of new novel viruses and take common sense precautions against the ones we know.

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    h.v.greenman  over 4 years ago

    I wonder where Mr. Boyll was when he caught that grouper? Last time I went fishing with my late brother-in-law in 2003 any grouper over 30 pounds had to be released.

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    J Short  over 4 years ago

    Any venom from any of the pit vipers(Rattlesnakes,copperheads, and cottonmouths are the pit vipers in the USA) will break down flesh; their venom is hemolytic. The venom is believed to be as much about helping predigest the bitten animal as well as kill it. The other type of snake venom is a neurotoxin; as in cobras, kraits. The coral snake is the only neurotoxic snake in the USA.

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    MoeJoe  over 4 years ago

    28 never-before-seen virus…. Including the coronavirus!

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    The Pro from Dover  over 4 years ago

    Can you get the coronavirus from drinking Corona?

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    Pickled Pete  over 4 years ago

    Not believing nothin til I hear it from jasonsnakelover hisself..

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    Dean  over 4 years ago

    Another good reason for China to leave Tibet and Tibetans alone.

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    DaveQuinn  over 4 years ago

    Kill a 50 year old fish? Ever hear of “catch and release”?

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    Pickled  over 4 years ago

    That fish had a long life!

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    Malcome1  over 4 years ago

    The logic of your post stands.

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    rcourt13  over 4 years ago

    I assume the grouper was catch and release. What a shame to destroy a magnificent creature like that.

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    WCraft Premium Member over 4 years ago

    What kind of line and bait did Jason use? How the heck did he real in a fish that weighed that much?

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    craigwestlake  over 4 years ago

    Good Grief. Now there’ll be people getting bit just to melt off a few pounds…

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    oakie817  over 4 years ago

    that grouper should have been released

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    Taracinablue  over 4 years ago

    Ooh, fun viruses a few thousand years old… (15,000 years seems a bit of a stretch, though0

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    nbwddd  over 4 years ago

    Reminds me of one the episodes of the X-Files!

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