Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 21, 2023

Ummmmmmmmmmmm, marathons are 26.2 miles.

I had a Horsecrab in my aquarium, I wished I didn’t. There was no room for it to swim, it finally crawled into the sand and died. THEY don’t belong in aquariums. I couldn’t release it into the ocean, too far away, take it back to the store? Somebody else would put it into an aquarium. NO WIN!

The beautiful story of how Khemjira Klongsanun found her puppy is here and there is a video showing it too. She is an amazing lady who’s house has over 20 dogs and 30 cats, all rescues. https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/thai-woman-rescues-puppy-running-marathon-now-theyre-family-video/

“Sure! Carry me while you run for 19 miles!” Said no dog, ever.

There’s a kid in Thailand crying for his lost puppy :D

How did she know the puppy was abandoned?

Ya know, humans can swim upside down; as well as many other species of marine animals!

Good for that girl for adopting the puppy!

Really, no one is going to say “paternal” should be “maternal?”

If only the horseshoe crab would’ve cared for an orphaned baby shrimp or something we’d have 3-3 on adoptions!

Great strip for this day – wowsville!! I approve the puppy adoption story as well!!

Maternal, not paternal – the dolphin is a female. Not sure how that one got into print! One more casualty of eliminating editors, I suppose.

Given that dolphins and whales are all sub-species of cetaceans it really isn’t that unusual. It used to be common practice in aquariums such as Marineland and Seaworld to have pilot whales, porpoises and dolphins together

It must be uncomfortable for horses to get crabs on their shoes. Probably more uncomfortable to get them somewhere else.

Uh, what was the species of the adopted whale?

Their name notwithstanding, horseshoe crabs are not true crabs or crustaceans. They are chelicerates, most closely related to arachnids (spiders, scorpions & ticks).

Dagnabbit, that’s not the POINT!!! How did she do in the RACE???

Do I need the smiley, there? Here ya go: /s

A little kid is sad, he lost his favorite puppy.

If the bottlenose adopted the orphan as “her” own, wouldn’t that be a maternal relationship?

different species can get along…man is one species…why can’t we get along?

I’m not sure either maternal or paternal is the best word to use here; I think perhaps “adoptive” relationship would be better. Surely other dolphins have maternal and paternal relationships all the time with their actual descendants?

And she named the dog “Speedy”