Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 29, 2013
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Transcript:
Mommy... We're hungry! The female Japanese foliage spider allows herself to be eaten by her young to give them sufficient nutrients to survive. British hypnotherapist Alex Lenkei has had six surgical procedures whilst still awake, including an ankle replacement, by putting himself into a trance. Spitbank Fort, a 19th century sea Fort 3000 feet off the coast of Southsea, England, has been turned into a luxury hotel.
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Templo S.U.D. over 10 years ago
I don’t which is more interesting: the Japanese foliage spider who allows matricide or the black widow spider who commits mariticide (had to look up those two closely-spelled words to know what’s the word for such words.)
hawgowar over 10 years ago
Didn’t one of those sea forts become the “independent nation” of Sealand?
Kirby_Dots over 10 years ago
Alex was able to enter his trance by repeating his mantra over and over.
Luckily his mantra was, "OOOOOWWWWwww!
tuslog64 over 10 years ago
Certain flies do the same – if ma can’t find a suitable spot to lay the eggs, they hatch out inside her!
ceylondiver over 10 years ago
So that’s why the mammary gland was invented—thank god for that
loner34 over 10 years ago
I sure would be looking for a luxury hotel named Spitbank. ~