Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for February 23, 2013
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Transcript:
The Hercules beetle of South America, can lift 850 times its own weight, making it the strongest creature on earth for its size! Tribes in West Papua, Indonesia, preserve the bodies of respected relatives by smoking them over a fire! The Lion's Mane jellyfish can grow to 120 feet long!
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Templo S.U.D. almost 12 years ago
How big is a lion’s mane compared to a Portuguese man-of-war?
Aussie Down Under almost 12 years ago
Smoking is a health hazard even for the deceased.
linsonl almost 12 years ago
Wonder if I can get some of those beetles to help me move?
el8 almost 12 years ago
It took 3,486 Hercules beetles to hold my aunt and just one Lions Mane Jellyfish over the fire while I smoked both of them…those damn beetles aren’t that strong!
HankTheSock almost 12 years ago
Just found this strip! I didn’t know GoComics ran it!
Stephen Gilberg over 11 years ago
So how much does the beetle weigh?
Marvin3 over 11 years ago
So, that’s how “Holy Smokes” came to be.
AmyGrantfan51774 over 11 years ago
that was interesting about the lion’s mane jellyfish though before today I never heard of the lion’s mane jellyfish
gocomicsmember over 11 years ago
I was going to comment that any Sherlockian has heard of the Lion’s Mane, and then I read AmyGrantFan51774’s admission and hesitated about making my statement for fear of its being seen as directed at her/him. In fact, I know that true Sherlockians (that is, people who have read all the original Sherlock Holmes stories more than once) are not really all that common. I will leave the curious to look up for themselves what the connection is to the jellyfish.