Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 02, 2014
Transcript:
The hognose snake plays dead by lying on its back, lolling its tongue and giving off the odor of carrion. The average 70-year-old person has grown and replaced seven complete skeletons over the course of their lives. A dead sardine is carried in a casket through the streets of Portugalete, Portugal, as part of the Funeral of the Sardine Festival every Ash Wednesday.
Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
So, that’s one skeleton per ten years? I guess I’ve grown and replaced three myself.
wmwiii Premium Member about 10 years ago
I’m 68. I keep my 6 old ones in the closet.
Frogman_tg about 10 years ago
Well, I’m 69 and I can’t wait until my 7th set completes growing.
linsonl about 10 years ago
If that is so, how come my seventh one feels like it is seventy three years old?
Brown Leghorn about 10 years ago
That thing about new Skelletons is very true,a collector in Europe once showed me two skeletons of Nepolion, one when he was ten and one when he was all grown up at 5’ 7
goweeder about 10 years ago
Please don’t advertise your ignorance.
On the other hand, that story about the dead sardine in a casket does sound a little fishy to me.
Guilty Bystander about 10 years ago
I distinctly remember wanting to grow to 6’8" as a grade-schooler (too tall for the draft but tall enough for the NBA). I’m on my sixth skeleton and I haven’t come close yet. Can I get a refund or five?
loner34 about 10 years ago
I knew I had skeletons in my closet, I just didn’t know they were mine.
LV1951 about 10 years ago
Why do they need a casket that big & 4 people to carry a dead sardine?
Stephen Gilberg about 10 years ago
AIUI, ten years is more than enough time to replace every cell in your body.
Rose Madder Premium Member about 10 years ago
I’m seventy this year and my skeleton is already ‘lacking’ – can I have my old one back??
ClarkSavageJr about 10 years ago
Broke my back (L3,4 & 5) when I was 30. Now I’m 72 and want to know, HOW COME THEY KEEP GROWING BACK BUSTED UP?? I want a new one.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 10 years ago
I’m having a can of dead sardines for breakfast now. They’re good for the skeletons.
namelocdet about 10 years ago
Every woman I have met has at least 3 or 4 skeletons in her closet. :-P
MetalOverCountry about 10 years ago
My ex is a Hog Nose snake then.