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Its ferocious reputation stems from the fact that the honey badger doesn&#8217;t hesitate to attack animals<br/>larger than itself. Scorpions, porcupines, snakes, young gazelles, lions and even small crocodiles]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>150</score><crdate>9/9/2009 11:55:09 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-09-09T23:55:09+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>121609</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/121609/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Anna's Hummingbird declared fastest animal on Earth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Researchers have found that the spectacular courtship dive of the Anna's Hummingbird makes it comparatively speedier than a jet fighter at full throttle or the space shuttle re-entering the atmosphere.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>525</score><crdate>6/10/2009 3:01:16 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-06-10T03:01:16+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>17523</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/17523/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Earth's First Rainforest Unearthed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The forest is composed of a bizarre mixture of extinct plants: abundant club mosses, more than 40 metres high, towering over a sub-canopy of tree ferns, intermixed with shrubs and tree-sized horsetails. 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I'm pretty sure witty Plimates could add more to the list.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>54</score><crdate>3/6/2007 5:16:38 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-06T17:16:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>39126</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/39126/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Carnivorous Dinosaur Tracks Discovered In Australia]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first fossil tracks belonging to large, carnivorous dinosaurs have been discovered in Victoria, Australia, by paleontologists. 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