Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 26, 2012
September 25, 2012
September 27, 2012
Transcript:
Scott McMurray of Vienna, VA., USA, received a postcard from his mother in April 2012- 55 years after she put it into the mail! Easter Island was settled around the year 800, but by the time Dutch explorers visited in the 18th century, the island had lost all its trees, topsoil and birds, and some inhabitants had become cannibals! Florence, a nurse shark at the Birmingham (England) National Sea Life Center, prefers to eat only vegetables- forcing handlers to sneak meet that she needs to survive inside of cucumbers! Yum!
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BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member almost 12 years ago
A vegetarian shark? I don’t believe it.
PoorPig almost 12 years ago
We once had a cat who would only eat vegetables from the garden; even though his brother brought mice to him. The cat perished.
joe piglet Premium Member almost 12 years ago
The old delivered postcard is nothing compared to my story. Which Ripley ignored. I am a stamp collector, in Ontario Canada, I buy boxes and collections of stamps. So finally I went through one box of USA postcards and I found this specific card that was posted from Waterloo Iowa, about 60 years ago. It was written by my now mother-in-law to to her mother.
Red_Fez almost 12 years ago
Great story, joe piglet.
daniel_bel almost 12 years ago
Re: Easter Is.: See how wonderful progress is? I’m sure with today’s implements we could do that in 20 yrs.
dtegtmeier51 almost 12 years ago
I knew a woman who’s terrier would dance, beg, and do other tricks for veggies, especially onion!
Red_Fez, SeaFox10, david_42, GIVE IT A REST and go find a political messageboard on which to air your political views. This is not the appropriate venue.
Stephen Gilberg almost 12 years ago
Heh, sharks are more likely to turn cannibal.
Puddleglum2 almost 12 years ago
Scott,“Wish you were here!”Love, Mom
Puddleglum2 almost 12 years ago
If the nurse shark finds out what the handlers have been doing, they’ll be in a pickle!
tuslog64 almost 12 years ago
Somewhere along the line, the Easter Islanders became obsessed with building bigger and bigger statues – to the detriment of their other resources.
tuslog64 almost 12 years ago
Why didn’t they learn to fish to survive?
jkhandy almost 12 years ago
American’s are allowing those in power to take this country down the same path as Easter Island and the Roman Empire. Just keep laughing, delving into sports and drink your beer, everything will be just fine.
Max Starman Jones almost 12 years ago
As an English teacher, I’m trying to figure out why anyone would try to get a shark to survive inside of cucumbers.
Stephen Gilberg almost 12 years ago
By what measure is Obama a conservative? What president was ever further left?