Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for March 27, 2012

By the size of it’s ears I guess it’s an African elephant rather than an Indian elephant. What’s the pencil made out of “graphene”? The example would be to show concentrated weight I suppose or what’s the point of the pencil. Dispersing the weight using a blunt pencil would make “graphene” stronger.

And I thought the mantis shrimp had awesome limbs.

The Florida Stone Crab is the irresistible force!The graphene is the immovable object!Which one would prevail?

Anyone who’s ever been to Joe’s Stone Crabs knows what incredible claws they have.

If stone crabs are all that, how come you never see THEM crushing cars! ; )

There are lies, gross lies, and statistics. The above statistics are calculated from the fact that the stone crab claws have a tiny crushing surface. When you divide the claws’ tiny square-inch surface area into a few lbs of force, you get a huge 19,000 lb/square-inch result. You would probably see the same with the surface area of an ant bite.

Where does one go about buying this graphene and what’s its purpose? Can one of those stone crabs penetrate it?

So, are stone crabs related to rock lobsters? ;)

Isn’t that the same stuff that the new Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” planes are made out of? Carbon composite?

Wow if that crab had claws of graphene, he’d be the crab from hell. :-)