Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 24, 2012
Transcript:
Busy beavers! Beavers in Colombiana County, Ohio, USA, built a damn 1200 feet long! Photostomias Guernei, a species of deep-sea fish, has retractable bioluminescent lights built into its head! 31-year-old Wang Youping of Shaanxi, China, hasn't been able to close his mouth for more than 20 years due to his overgrown, 9 1/2 inch long tongue!
Aussie Down Under over 12 years ago
Wang is probably a hit with the ladies because of his overgrown personality.
Tog over 12 years ago
A good point gm997. They do seem to be prevalent in these areas. When I was doing my medical training we learned about some of these conditions and a number of them came because parasites, infections, bacteria, micro insects etc, were picked up in less developed areas from the food the people there ate and picked up walking about barefoot. Some of the problems the people had in these parts of the world were pretty horrific.
ransomdstone over 12 years ago
One quarter of the world population.
walruscarver2000 over 12 years ago
You’re forgetting congress.
Simon_Jester over 12 years ago
Gene Simmons, eat yer heart out!
Mr. Majestyk over 12 years ago
Wang should have gone to Frog Applause yesterday. They were serving Tongue Tacos.
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
Maybe the beavers built along the stream instead of across?
rclake1963 over 12 years ago
Hmmm … busy beavers and giant tongues …
engineman over 12 years ago
My wife has a normal tongue and she hasn’t closed her mouth in 20 years.(Don’t tell her I said that.)
iced tea over 12 years ago
Can’t that poor man have some of his tongue sugically removed?
da11a5 over 12 years ago
a smell World War Z coming from China already!
rjburny over 12 years ago
Gross! Imagine if you had to talk to him.