Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for June 22, 2012
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Transcript:
Although a mammal, a mother platypus has no teats. She oozes milk directly through pores in the skin of her belly! Japan's military, the Self Defense Force, has its spending capped at a maximum of 1% of the country's gross domestic product, but it is still the 6th best funded armed force in the world! In December 2011, Polish art student Andrzej Sobiepan's knock one of his paintings into the National Museum in Wroclaw- where it hung for 3 days before being noticed!
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walruscarver2000 almost 12 years ago
Didn’t she used to hang out at the Cowboy Grill in Fresno?
markhughw almost 12 years ago
Teatypus
Droptma Styx almost 12 years ago
The platypus really is a Beta version of a mammal.
Stephen Gilberg almost 12 years ago
It makes sense: Mammaries developed from sweat glands.Wait, did Sobiepan’s painting get mistaken for part of the exhibit, or did no one even pay attention to it?
Hectoruno almost 12 years ago
They did that with a statue on ICARLY
colloc almost 12 years ago
“Snuck” is not a word.
CrimsonFoxx almost 12 years ago
I remember reading that the guy who first discovered platypuses actually thought some crazy scientist had sewn different animal parts together and actually tried to take them apart!
Puddleglum2 almost 12 years ago
@colloc,You didn’t sneak it by us!
dodgeedwardusa almost 12 years ago
Snuck might not be a word but I knew what it meant.
Paying Too Much Attention Premium Member almost 12 years ago
@colloc, snuck is a word. Sneaked is listed first as the past tense of sneak in Merriam-Webster, but snuck is listed alongside with the same prominence.
RetFor almost 12 years ago
im reminded of this:youtube/watch?v=rPGW2wZkNBs
LV1951 almost 12 years ago
So is a person who used to sneak a Snucker? :)
tuslog64 almost 12 years ago
And a camel is a horse designed by a committee?
Nebulous Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Monotremes and Marsupials ARE Mammals.Mammalia are divided into Prototheria (monotremes) and Theria (all other living mammals)Theria is divided into Metatheria (marsupials) and Eutheria (placentals)