Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for April 26, 2021

Are there twice as many kangaroos (in Australia) as humans (in Australia), or twice as many kangaroos (in general) as humans (in Australia)? Is there even a big enough difference between those two numbers to care about it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Hillier

Eh, it must be Australia Day today.

Australian state WA (Western Australia) isn’t as big as US state WA (Washington), is it?

I wonder why all the items are about Australia

They should have talked about the Great Emu War: https://youtu.be/dyQ4lmAApKQ

Ripley Australian Edition today? :)

Because, blue water was more expensive, and they were on a budget. So they filled the lake with the cheaper, pink water, which was on close-out. BELIEVE IT, OR DON’T!

Estimated that millions of animals died in the horrible fires last year, so this may no longer be true.

It would be very interesting to find trivia on many different countries and regions.This one on Australia was fascinating.

For most _furriners, Australia has two major distinctions: their independent, do-it-yourself attitude. and their uniquely exclusive bio-system.

Have a good Anzac Day to all the ANZACs

That’s not a knife. Now this is a knife.

Take care, may failed insect butcher Tina Boword be with you, and gesundheit.

I’ll bet that lake is loaded with copper!

It appears that Germany would fit in five of the six states of Australia by that pic/map.

https://interestingengineering.com/lake-hillier-australias-pink-lake-and-the-story-behind-it

Now Australia is freaking me out. It’s a vast wilderness, filled with weird stuff.

Kangaroos have spent a lot of time, money and resources in controlling the human population.

However, Angela Merkel turned down the relocation effort citing the distance too inconvenient for invading France again.

The kangaroo managed human processing plant is located on the shores of Lake Hillier.

There’s a funny story about how the word “kangaroo” came to the English language.

A European saw the animal bounding. Pointing, he asked an Australian Aborigine “What is that animal called?” The Aborigine responded “kangaroo”. But, “kanagroo” means “I don’t understand [what you said].”

When I heard that story, I repeated it for about 5 years before finding out it isn’t true. “Kanagroo” really was the name of the animal the European saw in the Aborigine’s language. But, the European generalized, and used the name for animals of several similar species.

I just looked up the global kangaroo population, and I’m afraid it’s not so clear: The current estimate is between 25 million and 50 million. The Australian human population is a little more than 25 million.

Happy ANZAC Day!

Australia has a lake made out of Pepto-Bismol?

in central Alabama (Birmingham area) there are a number of former stone quarries referred to as Aqua Velva be cause of water color, a very milky blue

Lake Hillier is where they dye flamingos; also, there would be more humans if they’d stop fighting with the roos…

Too many deadly snykes ‘n’ spoiduhs

If Australian society developed like Europe’s, it would have been sliced and diced into several independent nations.

new artist?

Pink water? I wonder if it’s safe to drink it? I’d bet not.