Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for January 28, 2017
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A 100-year-old giant Galapagos tortoise named Diego has nearly single-handedly saved his species from extinction, fathering 800 offspring in the past 50 years! In November 2016, two moose or found frozen in battle and encased in ice near a remote Alaskan village. Chess prodigy Bobby Fischer died at the age of 64- living one year for every square on the chessboard!
Templo S.U.D. almost 8 years ago
Coincidence on Bobby’s death age and the chess board’s square count? I think not. (How many mates did Diego have to get that many offspring?)
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
Bobby Fischer was in a bad mental state by the time he died.
Bilan almost 8 years ago
And not one of Diego’s children remembers him on Father’s Day.
J Short almost 8 years ago
50 years, the foreplay took 23.
Fan o’ Lio. almost 8 years ago
Shouldn’t that be “Mooses” or maybe “Meese”?
Bramosenos Premium Member almost 8 years ago
But how many of that 800 lived to reproduce?
LV1951 almost 8 years ago
Ripley’s must be hard up for stories with this Bobby Fischer one.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 8 years ago
It is always moose, like deer, trout and so forth. Plural and singular as one.
tuslog1964 almost 8 years ago
Probably, they were fighting over a female, horns locked, one pushed the other into the lake, and his weight pulled the other in. Since neither could get head above water,drowning was swift, but still upright so horns were above water and then iced over.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 8 years ago
Has Diego paid any child support?
The Pro from Dover almost 8 years ago
Where in the world is Diego the turtle?
tigerchik32 almost 8 years ago
I remember a similar case involving mastodons. They got their tusks locked together (each had one broken off in the right place) and they fell in the mud and couldn’t get up. The fossils were dug up as one chunk and put on display as is.
Stephen Gilberg almost 8 years ago
“Nearly single-handedly”? What are his mates, chopped liver? Also, I have my doubts at how much he’s “saved” them. If all the offspring are at least half-siblings, inbreeding could make the next generation low on viability.
pam Miner almost 8 years ago
That must have kept Diego busy. 800 with average of 8 offspring per mating, what 100 matings at least or did the keepers sedate him and take his “precious bodily fluids”? I heard that phrase before, I Think this is what it meant. anyone know where and when it was said?