Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 05, 2011
July 04, 2011
July 06, 2011
Transcript:
Saved by the bling! 22-year-old Walter Davis was shot in the face in February 2011- but escaped serious injury when the small caliber .22 bullet ricocheted off his gold tooth! Most common animals have only males and females, but Tetrahymena Thermophila, a single celled protozoan- has 7 different sexes! Diania Cactiformis, the Walking cactus- was a many legged, wormlike creature that lived 520 million years ago!
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tadchem over 13 years ago
Only 1 cell, but 7 different genders? How do they tell each other apart? How do WE tell them apart?
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
Talk about the battle of the sexes!
Puddleglum2 over 13 years ago
It appears that we have devolved, rather than evolved over the years. One opposite sex is good enough for me, though, unless it’s not available. Ay, there’s the rub!
jpsomebody over 13 years ago
Ménage à trois or Ménage à sept?
bluegirl285 over 13 years ago
And what the heck do you even call the other 5 sexes?
strodgers over 13 years ago
@bluegirl285- Um, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday?
tuslog64 over 13 years ago
Obviously, it has not multiplied well. After all, seven at one time without even one having a “headache?!”
Darthkryax1 over 13 years ago
In the future, there will be five different sexes, and they STILL won’t understand eachother -Steve Smith