Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 18, 2018

… However, scientists cannot yet explain the spanking.

imagine the male nursery spider and the female black widow spider mating with one another

Treaties are made to be broken. ask Trump

50 shades of spider web

The Treaty forbids nations, but not Starbucks, McDonald’s or 7-11s.

You obviously have never tried flowers and chocolate.

And yet with the human species it’s the opposite!

I guess the #metoo movement hasn’t hit the spider world yet.

What? This is something the USA and Russia are not claiming to own? That is a new one.

I don’t know if it worked, but at one time there was an experimental chemical that would cause insects to become hyper horny and mate with dissimilar species, thus no viable products, or in some cases become locked and be easy prey for predators!

Thanks so much, John, for getting us to dwell on arachnid bondage.

Kinky spiders!

Ancient astronaut theorists suggest that the aliens abducted the Loch Ness monster.

My grandfather bought the moon years before they signed that treaty. His grandfather bought the Brooklyn Bridge years before that.

and the male barking spider has a tough time finding a mate at all…

Most arguments between love birds result in one of them sleeping on the couch; but apparently when nursery web spiders get into it, the female winds up sleeping in a web. She must lay an egg sack that hatches a bunch of little spiders that are easily able to escape.

Did China sign that treaty?

That is too funny about the Loch Ness monster. But I can allow a little sympathy for the finders, who probably really thought they had something there!