Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 19, 2020

What was Debra’s husband even doing in a Finnish forest?

They’re too slothful to even fart?

My wife does not fart either!!

Sloths would make good college roommates.

1. We have a new byword to replace “scarce as hen’s teeth.”

2. The quail is working on its Ratso Rizzo impression.

3. Was it found by one of the famous Finnish forest rakers?

How was the ring traced back to Debra?

It’s going to take more than a little mouthwash to cope with a sloth’s halitosis…

Their breath must be HORRIBLE.

At least they didn’t capitalize on that with Flash, the sloth from Zootopia.

That’s why a sloth will never ask you to pull its finger.

I thought sloths were constantly farting. It might explain the sort of bemused-but-content expression that’s always on their faces.

I love that Disney film Zootopia with the sloth clerk…. Lol

Unless there are tons of birds-of-prey in that area, Mountain Quail are crazy! How far is that walk anyway?

Sloths, not only creep along, they are masters of “the creeper”.

Pheasants have been hunted so much, that many will refuse to fly; it usually takes a dog trying to catch them, and even then the dog has to get a mouthful of feathers before the bird will take off. If you figure that the ones that fly are the ones that are shot, they don’t live to breed. The ones that run live to breed and see another day; creating a breed of roadrunner like pheasants.

So much more to the lost ring story. Actually kind of touching. https://bangordailynews.com/2020/02/14/news/portland/class-ring-lost-in-portland-47-years-ago-is-found-in-finland/

The one about the ring is total B.S. People make this stuff up to get attention.

We are glad that the nightmare of the lost HS ring is now Finnished.

Debra McKenna has an awful memory and forgot her vacations in Finland :D

Right where her husband left it.

Who, I wonder, is the slothologist who made this “breakthrough”?

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/cartoon-04-19-2020/

Hippos are red.

Interesting story about the ring, but if you look up the girl Debra, she’s a lot more attractive than this comic would have you believe.

How did the ring get from Maine to Finland?

John, I like your 3-panel look here the best so far :)

She left the ring in a department store bathroom, when she went back to get it was gone, Someone obviously took it, kept it and traveled to Finland losing it there. Ironically the couple lived in Finland for a few years. All the time the ring was buried in the ruins of Kuusisto Castle in Kaarina, a few hundred kilometers away. How it got buried 8 inches (ca. 20 cm) down is another matter altogether.

Where the Mountain Quail walks is called the Tennessee Bird Walk!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7X43Cfowz4

Most of the quail I see around here – currently a flock of 25 – 30 – spend more time walking/running than they do flying. And there are hawks around, AND neighborhood cats. Have yet to see a cat catch a quail, though plenty of attempts.

I like to read the comments about the comics. Why do so many feel the need to cry about their political view when the comic has nothing to do with it.

My money says Debra accidentally swapped it with her Finnish exchange student one night stand, who subsequently lost it on a caribou hunt. He was trampled by the herd and his remains were eaten by badgers. The ring was recovered from a scat sample being examined by researchers at the Helsinki Institute for the Conversion of Predators to a Vegan Lifestyle.

Sloths must have REALLY bad breath.