Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 21, 2018

What good (aside from accompanying their colonial masters) were squirrels?

I don’t see the teeth capable of bending anything. Maybe acting as a fulcrum point though.

I can’t count the number of times I have seen solid steel bars and thought to myself “I bet I can bend them with my teeth”.

She’s no John McGrath, but my dog Sophie chews up 2×4 offcuts (1 ½" x 3 ½" in varying lengths of kiln dried pine.) Prettiest teeth you’ve ever seen.

Wouldn’t standard floss have been easier to use?

That bar doesn’t look close to 4 1/2"

I was wondering whether the “4” in 4-1/2" was there erroneously—because there’s nothing in the illustration that’s 4-1/2". Clarification, RBON?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvqzkezUays Looks more like a 4 foot by 1/2 inch steel rod here.

Here is John McGrath bending the bar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvqzkezUays

It looks like it is about 4 feet long and 1/2 inch in diameter. RBION made a mistake in their description of the bar.

And “trees” were America’s most popular cages in the 1700’s.

I guess I can quit ordering my lobster well done with no pink!

Can the human mouth open four and one half inches?

Minor problem with this. NO human can bend a “real” 4&1/2" steel bar. Period.

I really don’t see the teeth having anything to do with the bending other than holding the bar in place. Probably could be done holding it under his chin, or simply with hands only, holding the ends. All just for show, with the teeth.

He might put some protection over his bottom teeth.

Think it def falls into the “or NOT” category …