Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 02, 2023

Who on Earth doesn’t already know about Hannibal crossing the Alps on elephants?

War elephants were a thing in more than one country.

The African pouched rats currently trained to detect land mines are easier to handle than bees.

The black mamba is the fastest snake.

Yes, I watch a lot of documentaries.

They got the picture of the black mamba exactly wrong – the snake is silver in color and the mouth is black.

the hard part of training those bees is trying to attach leashes around their tiny little necks

well, of COURSE I believe Hannibal did that…..it’s the ONLY thing he most notable for

you ought to see how fast that Black Mamba shoots out of that suitcase onto Bud’s face

And the least noticed of those elephants was named “Ear.”

Take care, may mine sniffing bee extraordinaire Zzzt “Bzzazzzo” McZeez be with you, and gesundheit.

ha! i can slither at 13.5 miles per hour

Black mambas aren’t black. They are pale grey. Their mouths are black inside.

Hannibal and the elephants? I thought everyone knew that.

Getting pretty desperate for content here.

The Romans may have been astonished, but they won anyway in the long run.

My question is how do you train bees?

All of the elephants were killed except for his own, the attack wasn’t really successful…

Gotta give Hannibal credits for thinking big

But, how does one train a homey bee?

As long as I can run at 13 mph I’m OK with the snake.

TierZoo declared the black mamba the most competitive snake. Guess this is one reason.

That’s mine honey, no it’s mine!

Everyone can appreciate that the elephants were tastefully clad in diapers so as not to offend our senses.

This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps, Larry!