Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 25, 2024

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    I did my Doody !  12 days ago

    My wife tells me my farts are poison esp. under the covers .

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member 12 days ago

    Oh great, now I have to throw out my alligator gar eggs.

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    Michael Thorton  12 days ago

    Camels in the Thar Desert of India underwent identical adaptations as the sea turtles, with their mouths and esophagi adapting to cacti as opposed to jellyfish.

    Of course, it could also just be hunger forcing them to ignore the pain…

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    Pickled Pete  12 days ago
    Alligators can be your friends.

    An elderly man had owned his large farm in Louisiana for many years.Right at the back of the farm, there was a large pond that was ideal for swimming. The old farmer had fixed it up real nice with picnic tables, horseshoe courts and some apple and peach trees.

    One evening the farmer decides to go down to the pond, to look it over, as he hadn’t been down there for a while. Before setting off, he grabs a five-gallon bucket as he decides he’ll bring back some fruit.

    As he nears the pond, he can hear voices shouting and laughing with glee.Clearly, someone is having a good time.

    As the farmer gets closer, he can see a bunch of young women who are clearly skinny-dipping in his pond. He makes the women aware of his presence and immediately they all swim over to the far end.

    One of the women then shouts, “We’re not coming out until you leave mister!“

    The farmer replies, “Ladies, I didn’t come down here to watch you swim naked or make you get out of the pond. You carry on.“

    The wily old-timer then holds up his bucket and says, “I just came down here to feed the alligators!“

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    tremaine53  12 days ago

    Is nature protecting the turtle here? Or failing to protect the jellyfish?

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  12 days ago

    Please learn: 1. Do not eat alligator gar eggs, 2. Do not touch or eat jellyfish, 3. Do not eat puffer fish. Follow me for more life hacks.

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    h.v.greenman  12 days ago

    Karin Tabira must have started between age 5 and 6. Last time a spoke to a fugu chef, the training course takes roughly 4 years before a person can apply for certification (I happen to love sushi and sashimi, so I search out the sushi restaurants wherever I go)

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    lanainutahdesert  12 days ago

    Karin Tabira should become a surgeon! (and no, I didn’t say, “sturgeon.”

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    mindjob  12 days ago

    This stuff sounds like it’s coming out of biology texts now

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    poppacapsmokeblower  12 days ago

    What about the rest of the sea turtle’s digestive track? There’s a sensitive part of mine that I wish was protected from jalapeños I ate.

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    Pickled Pete  12 days ago

    A jellyfish story I would have liked to tell, but I’m sure it would have gotten deleted.

    It was about an Australian emergency operator who says, “Ah, bummer mate!” to a guy on his honeymoon.

    Googling it may help.

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  12 days ago

    Why isn’t there a Portuguese Woman-O-War??

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    oish  12 days ago

    Foods that make you sick – somebody must have had McDonalds and Boars Head sandwich recently

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    xWing Dragon  12 days ago

    “…some sea turtles are adapted to handle the stinging cells of jellyfish…”, I wonder how that can be demonstrated scientifically that they “adapted”. As a biology teacher, I have never seen true evidence like this. It is a religious belief -not science- as it is taken by faith to be a true statement.

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    FireAnt_Hater  11 days ago

    I saw (nature show) a turtle eating a jellyfish, and wondered about that. Now I know…

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    Bilan  11 days ago

    As if eating Fugu isn’t daring enough, now you can eat Fugu prepared by a 10 year-old.

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    El Cobbo Grande  11 days ago

    While I just throw up…..

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    Dean  11 days ago

    Then there is that hour on the phone with the board of health nurse when your doctor reports the cause of your BRBPR. [actual abbreviation in his notes]

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