Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 10, 2011
Transcript:
Man it made marvel! The newly constructed Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in Qingdao, Shandong, China, is the world's longest bridge over water, spanning 26.4 miles of ocean! In 1934, Toronto Maple Leafs hockey player Irvine Ace Bailey became the first person in professional sports to have his jersey number retired! In June 2011, an Emperor penguin washed ashore on a beach in New Zealand, more than 2000 miles from its Antarctic home!
FatTonyBalducci over 12 years ago
Well, that must have been a wild ride!
omegacenturion over 12 years ago
That bridge is not a good idea mankind needs to stop testing nature.
StelBel over 12 years ago
I’d hate to be half way across and run out of gas.
Frogman_tg over 12 years ago
I’d hate to be halfway across and run out of bridge…
chicken 33 over 12 years ago
A half hour later you will want to cross it again.
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
Where is Batman when you need him?
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
You could run a marathon race over that bridge.
e.groves over 12 years ago
The penquin was a male and didn’t ask for directions.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 12 years ago
using the term ‘washed ashore’ sure sounds like the penguin was a bit dead as opposed to the depiction of him walking ashore like Columbus discovering America*.*well, it IS Coumbus day, y’know
chicken 33 over 12 years ago
half way any thing is always bad.
tadchem over 12 years ago
That penguin swam over 75 times as far as the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is long.
SHAKENDOWN over 12 years ago
Penguin rescue, rehabilitation and releaseIn June 2011, a juvenile Emperor Penguin was found on a beach north of Wellington in New Zealand. He had been consuming 3 kg of sand, which he had mistaken for snow, as well as sticks and stones, and had to undergo a number of operations to remove these and save his life. Following recovery, on 4 September, the juvenile, named “Happy Feet” (after the name of the 2006 film), was fitted with a tracking device and released into the Southern Ocean 80 km north of Campbell Island.707172 However, 8 days later scientists lost contact with the bird, suggesting that the transmitter had fallen off (considered likely) or that he had been eaten by a predator (considered less likely
Courtesy of Wikipedia
Koolfunkygrrl over 12 years ago
I wonder if there is a gas station on that bridge?
Pygar over 12 years ago
I think they tried a railroad bridge like that in the Florida Keys back around 1930. Bits of it still exist, here and there. Maw Nature loves waiting for people to forget about her, then POUNCE!