Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 05, 2012
August 04, 2012
August 06, 2012
Transcript:
Crinoids- relatives of starfish, have up to 200 arms! Sea horse! On May 15, 2012, William, a horse, was spooked on the beach in Santa Barbara, Calif., USA, and swam frantically away- he was rescued 2 miles out to sea! In the Malay language, orangutan means person of the forest.
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BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 12 years ago
No way!
markhughw over 12 years ago
Orange person of the forest
Puddleglum2 over 12 years ago
The 2nd amendment gives us the right to bear arms, but those crinoids carry it way too far!
Nighthawks Premium Member over 12 years ago
in the Malay language, Orangutan Flambe’ means ‘person of the forest flame cooked’
Stephen Gilberg over 12 years ago
I thought it was “old man of the jungle.”
GESWho over 12 years ago
I didn’t think Orangutan faces looked that much like a chimp with an orange wig. This doesn’t look quite right to me.
ransomdstone over 12 years ago
Thus proving again, horses do NOT have ‘horsesense.’
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
And KANGAROO in the Aborigine language means “I don’t understand you”, but by the time this was realized, the name had stuck.
gocomicsmember over 12 years ago
I’ve known the literal meaning of orangutan for decades, so I always get a private chuckle at the shortening of “orang-utan” to just “orang.”