Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 18, 2024

How many hands have been lost trying to pet the cute-looking otters?

Not totally fur covered, this carnivore sometimes has a desolate hair or two sprouting on my nose. It is usually easily and painlessly plucked out if I can get a good grip [sometimes tweezers are needed] on it.

Fun fact: the ruffed grouse is the official state bird of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

How many other ‘one of the only’ are there?

Maybe this is why Curly said, “Look at the grouse! Look at the grouse!”

A man is up in court on a tricky litigation case, and his lawyer has warned him that the judge is very strict and correct. “He won’t stand for any nonsense and he knows all the tricks!”

“Well, would it help if I sent him a brace of grouse and a bottle of whisky?”

“Absolutely not!” says the lawyer. “He’s as straight as a die and completely incorruptible!”

Come the day of the trial, the man wins his case easily, and afterwards says to his lawyer, “I knew that whisky and grouse would do the trick!”

The lawyer is horrified. “Surely you didn’t send them, after everything I said!”

“Oh, I did. But I sent them in the other man’s name.”

Grouse do not make contact with the log. Grouse wings have evolved in a way that amplifies the drumming sound. Specialized feathers and air sacs allow grouse to produce a loud, low-pitched resonant sound. Other birds flap their wings during flight or displays, but the drumming sound is unique to grouse. The adaptations suggest drumming is an important evolutionary behavior.

Humans must be the only animal with hair INSIDE the nose!

Next time someone is described as “grousing”, I am going to imagine them beating a log to attract a mate

Tip a canoe and Tyler too? Strange slogan! ;-p

Phillips is coming out with a rechargeable shaver for Giant River Otters. I wonder if the males grow long nose hairs in their nostrils when they grow old? ;-p

We bought a house on 2 acres with a large, wooded area in the rear. Early on I walked out there to enjoy the stillness when a grouse “exploded” out of the thicket. Scared me half to death. That’s the other reason they “drum” is to frighten away predators.

i don’t eat meat anymore, but my nose is covered in fur!

A male ruffed grouse drumming. It sounds a little bit like a small gasoline engine starting up.

youtube.com/watch?v=tcA3tyE1fYs&ab_channel=JimWiebe

Canoe tipping is popular at kid’s camp, too.

isn’t “one pf the only” a contradiction in terms? (or a song by Roy Orbison)

Oh,look at the grouse…..