<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Giant Squid Invasion : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>Giant Squid Invasion : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Squid Invasion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not only is California dealing with UFO invasions they're now having to deal with <b>Giant Squids</b>!<br/><br/>Like something out of a Jules Verne fantasy, giant squid have invaded the coast of Northern California. Scientists are baffled, fisherman are frustrated, no one knows the ultimate impact on our ecosystem. Now, who wants calamari?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/56295/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/56295/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Squid Dissected in Public]]></title><description><![CDATA[The largest giant squid ever caught in Australian waters has been dissected, revealing several hearts and chainsaw-like teeth. [Video]<br/>Update to this article:<br/><div style='display:block;width:250px;text-overflow:clip;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/l/63195/1/" rel="nofollow">http://www.plime.com/science/l/63195/1/</a></div>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/70221/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/70221/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Voracious Jumbo Squid Invade California]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jumbo squid that can grow up to 7 feet long and weigh more than 110 pounds are invading central California waters and preying on local anchovy, hake and other commercial fish populations.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28857/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/28857/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant squid netted in Victoria]]></title><description><![CDATA[A giant squid has been found off Portland in Victoria's south-west.<br/><br/>The six-metre long, 230-kilogram squid was still alive when it was netted by commercial fishermen last night.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/63195/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/63195/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Squid emit blinding flashes of light when they attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[Big deep-sea squid emit blinding flashes of light as they attack their prey, as shown in video footage taken in deep waters off Chichijima Island in the North Pacific. (cool video!)]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/10806/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/10806/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Huge, deadly squid prowling California waters!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Posted because we haven't had a good squid story in awhile.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/15834/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/15834/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions in Grant Money Go to California Colleges for Stem-Cell Research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twelve academic institutions in California recently received approximately $271 million in grant money from a state agency to construct laboratories for stem-cell research, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (&#8220;In California, Millions Are Distributed for Stem-Cell Research,&#8221; May 8, 2008).]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62533/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62533/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[&quot;UGC&quot; - Unidentified Giant  Cheese appears on beach]]></title><description><![CDATA[&quot;...the object, which resembles a piece of brie and weighs up to 500kg...&quot;<br/><br/>Possibly a gift from visiting aliens, or a peace offering from the race of intelligent giant squid the govt has tried to cover up... A nice cheese always makes a lovely gift.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/77073/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/77073/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant wombat bone found]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists in Australia announced on Friday they had found the jawbone of a giant wombat the size of a large car that lived 20,000-40,000 years ago.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/29315/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/29315/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Colossal squid comes out of ice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Technicians in New Zealand have begun to thaw a rare colossal squid specimen. The animal is now sitting in a bath of salt water. Once it is thawed, scientists will begin to dissect it.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60041/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60041/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Algae bloom kills birds, sea animals off California coast]]></title><description><![CDATA[A bloom of ocean algae that produces a toxic acid has sickened and killed hundreds of birds, sea lions and dolphins in California, environmentalists said.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18370/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18370/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Supercomputer Makes Near-Instant Movies of California Quakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Only in California will you soon be able to experience a life-threatening earthquake and watch a locally made, supercomputer-generated, 3-D movie of that shaking ground within 30 minutes of the first jolt.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/30519/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/30519/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists post live webcam of giant squid thaw]]></title><description><![CDATA[People interested in watching the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/science/animals/l/60041/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">squid thawing</a> out and being examined can view a live webcam broadcast.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60073/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/60073/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Massive squid washes up on Tasmanian beach]]></title><description><![CDATA[A squid as long as a bus has washed up on a beach on the west coast of Tasmania.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26961/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26961/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant Homer Simpson prompts pagan backlash]]></title><description><![CDATA[A giant outline of Homer Simpson brandishing a doughnut was enough to make even pagans go &quot;D'oh&quot;.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27862/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27862/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Top California court backs gay marriage]]></title><description><![CDATA[The California Supreme Court ruled on Thursday the state cannot bar same-sex marriages, marking a major victory for gay rights advocates that may have national implications.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61964/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman fights off giant python]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman threw herself into battle with a giant snake after it tried to strangle her pet dog to death.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35818/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35818/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The Little Girl Giant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Related to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/46277/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muppetmaker's Robotic Animal post</a>, this giant little girl takes a shower from one of the elephants then takes a stroll from Horseguard's Parade, through St James' Park and then into Uncanny Valley.<br/><br/>A little more info <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.ozoux.com/eclectic/archive/2006/08/13/the-giant-little-girl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/46295/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/46295/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Space telescope unveils hidden cosmic giant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Astronomers from SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research have discovered a new cluster of galaxies, hidden behind a previously identified cluster of galaxies. The recently exposed cosmic giant is apparently just as bright as the first group, but is six times further away. The astronomers made the discovery as part of an international team using the space telescope XMM-Newton.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44294/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44294/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant fork sculpture on shores of Lake Leman]]></title><description><![CDATA[A giant fork sculpture, created in 1995 by Swiss artists Jean-Pierre Zaugg and Georges Favre, is pictured on the shores of Lake Leman in front of the Alimentarium, the Food Museum, in Vevey June 4, 2008.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/64497/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/arts/l/64497/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[California to Canada: Head over here with your water bombers, eh?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With wildfires raging across California, the friendly neighbours to the North are more than happy to lend a hand... er, planes.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/67038/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/67038/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>