Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 25, 2013
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Transcript:
Frankenstein author Mary Shelley kept the heart of her late husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, wrapped in a piece of his poetry for 29 years. Green parakeets nest in the crater of the active Masaya volcano in Nicaragua, apparently immune to the toxic sulfurous fumes! The carnivorous Arthrobotrys Fungus feeds on nematode worms that it traps and a tightening noose in just 1/10th of a second!
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dr_dolittle_rwc over 11 years ago
Been to Volcan Masaya! It’s an awesome sight, you can see there borrows in the side of the crater!!
Stephen Gilberg over 11 years ago
Ever envy a fungus?
GeorgeJohnson over 11 years ago
Back then it wasn’t really considered morbid. That’s where somebody’s heart and soul was, and they just wanted to be close to it. Bodies in general, weren’t considered morbid like they are today. One of the German generals, I forget his name (had a breakdown in WWI) kept his dead son with him. Wouldn’t send him home to be buried, even apologized to his wife for doing so.
billcor over 11 years ago
that’s why nobody ever let you have one :)
AmyGrantfan51774 over 11 years ago
wow she was devoted to Percy, huh?!!!!!!…wonder how the parrots are immune to the toxic fumes??!!!!
tuslog64 over 11 years ago
The parrots have probably adapted to an environment nothing else wants to venture into – thus no predators.