Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 11, 2016
Transcript:
One two... Lizards will do push-ups to get the attention of other lizards when in noisy situations. Sunflowers don't actually follow the sun but rather their own internal clock. The Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira in Colombia is sculpted into the walls of salt mines 660 feet below the ground.
Templo S.U.D. about 8 years ago
what sort of noisy situations?
common sanse about 8 years ago
I have dozens of lizards running around my back patio and they are always doing pushups. and it’s certainly not noisy. when it’s noisy you won’t see any lizards.
tom_wright about 8 years ago
Does Georgio Tsoukalos know about that salt cathedral?
StCleve72 about 8 years ago
I always thought the males did squat thrusts to impress the females.
Chad Cheetah about 8 years ago
Drop and give me twenty!
CeeJay about 8 years ago
Lizards and jocks.
Max Starman Jones about 8 years ago
So I guess we need to rename them “Clockflowers” now.
Stephen Gilberg about 8 years ago
I’ve seen lava lizards in the Galapagos doing pushups. They’re much faster at it than we are.
SeaFox10 about 8 years ago
So sunflowers’ “internal clock” just happens to coincide with the movement of the Sun?!
euvnrutas about 8 years ago
Hence the terms… Believe it or NOT!
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] about 8 years ago
And yet they manage to follow the Sun’s path throughout the day.