Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 24, 2021

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    pearlsbs  almost 4 years ago

    Well, at least red pandas don’t have to worry about their relatives dropping in for an unexpected visit.

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    Vilyehm  almost 4 years ago

    Red pandas never have to book a flight months in advance, as they can always enjoy a good quiet Thanksgiving dinner at home.

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    Templo S.U.D.  almost 4 years ago

    how recent between the Chinese and the Nepalese?

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    Caldonia  almost 4 years ago

    There are about 200 dead bodies on Mount Everest. It’s sad. I don’t know why people climb it (because it’s there?).

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    Bilan  almost 4 years ago

    Walt Disney: That’s what we need, a merry-go-round that plunges from the top of the Matterhorn!

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    dlasher  almost 4 years ago

    Mount Everest is named for a Surveyor-General of India, who pronounced his own name “EEV-rist”.

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    Gent  almost 4 years ago

    So, China and Nepal, and not scientists decide the height of Mount Everest, eh?

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    Gent  almost 4 years ago

    I thought mozillas were related to them red pandas.

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    LiamG.P  almost 4 years ago

    Now I learned something new. Thanks to this comic!

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    therese_callahan2002  almost 4 years ago

    There’s also a large insect called the Goliath Beetle.

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    Flynn White Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Sad about red pandas. Was it a panda-emic?

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    J Short  almost 4 years ago

    Bet China says their side is taller.

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    James Wolfenstein  almost 4 years ago

    Good for the Red Panda… Wait! Inlaws are gone too, right?

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    James Wolfenstein  almost 4 years ago

    Mt Everest is as tall as Mt Everest is. The agreement is because they had different measures and we humans are so stupid that we believe an agreement is needed to officially set its height. Like it makes a difference… And I was going to say “I wish I were a Red Panda” but maybe it’s a trick factoid. The relatives are all gone… the inlaws too? :D

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    markhughw  almost 4 years ago

    Red pandas have no living relatives meaning they are their own species, there are no other animals in their species. Didn’t we have something like this about a week ago or so?

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  almost 4 years ago

    Well, my two feet will never be atop that mountain.

    Take care, may Argentine cossack dancer Renato Piombijord be with you, and gesundheit.

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    ForrestOverin  almost 4 years ago

    I don’t see how an ‘agreement’ can result in a mountain being taller, unless they agreed to pile more dirt on top…

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    ncorgbl  almost 4 years ago

    China’s Foreign Minister has since vanished without a trace.

    Walt Disney was inspired to create Disneyland while watching his daughters play on a merry-go-round for free.

    Red Pandas have no embarrassing Uncle moments at Thanksgiving dinners.

    One Goliath Frog’s legs can feed a village.

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    comixbomix  almost 4 years ago

    Are we to assume that one Chinese diplomat and one Nepalese diplomat now have only one foot?

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    comixbomix  almost 4 years ago

    Red Pandas did have relatives…until Redd Foxx passed away.

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    Dkram  almost 4 years ago

    That is one frog you don’t want in your throat.

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    Buckeye67  almost 4 years ago

    Think of all those poor climbers who climbed the old Everest, who will now have to climb the new Everest which is two feet higher, if they want to say they have climb the highest mountain in the world.

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    PuppyPapa  almost 4 years ago

    Not quite sure how to interpret the red panda assertion. There are two varieties of them to begin with:

    “Contrary to the previously held belief that only one species of red panda is found in India, Indian scientists have established that India is home to both the Himalayan Red Panda (HRP) and the Chinese Red Panda (CRP).” —India Times

    and other sources assert that “The giant panda is more closely related to a bear, while the red panda’s next of kin is a raccoon or skunk. Scientists have long debated the red panda’s classification; currently, the creature is the only member of the family Ailuridae.”

    Note the family name is the same word regarding cats, as ailurophile.

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    Craig Westlake  almost 4 years ago

    Which gives you an idea of how vicious red pandas can be…

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    dv1093  almost 4 years ago

    uh, ok, no living relatives. Need some explaination.

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    dv1093  almost 4 years ago

    Awesome sketch of Walt today.

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    ekke  almost 4 years ago

    Of course red pandas have living relatives. Most of them have both a father and a mother still living, in fact.

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    RetFor  almost 4 years ago

    I guess red pandas are only children and lost their parents…

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    CharlesBrickner1  almost 4 years ago

    About the red panda. It depends on how broadly one interprets the word “relative”. The superfamily to which it belongs includes skunks, raccoons and weasels.

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    bookworm0812  almost 4 years ago

    So is the red panda’s mom dead when she gives birth? And where’s the papa? Do female red pandas kill their mates when then they mate like praying mantises?

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    NikoLalangas  almost 4 years ago

    Walt saw a child on a small ride. He thought, “I could make that a lot bigger.” Well… yes.

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    Jogger2  almost 4 years ago

    The statement about the red panda needs clarification. If you go back in the phylogenetic tree, you can find any two species of animals are related. How far back from the red panda does one go to find a branch that does have living relatives at some point? Genus? Family? For sure, it would happen before one reaches “animal kingdom.”

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