<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Watching a Garter Snake Give Birth : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/"/><tagline>Watching a Garter Snake Give Birth : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-08-21T11:29:06+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Watching a Garter Snake Give Birth]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/61512/1/" /><id>61512</id><summary><![CDATA[Watching a Garter Snake Give Birth]]></summary><issued>2008-05-12T09:25:49+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-12T09:25:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;I was home sick on June 14, 2002, so I was able to capture the birth of 42 red-sided garter snake babies. It was, to say the least, a messy process, but a fascinating one.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hero dog survives snake bites after defending girl]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/54149/1/" /><id>54149</id><summary><![CDATA[Hero dog survives snake bites after defending girl]]></summary><issued>2008-03-13T07:24:22+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-13T07:24:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Roary the Staffordshire bull terrier turned lifesaver when he saw a deadly brown snake rear to strike three-year-old Ebony Davis.<br/>Roary jumped on the 1.5-metre snake, bit it and swung it clear of Ebony and her father in the backyard of their home. But the family pet's bravery almost cost its life.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Woman gives birth to seven babies]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17032/1/" /><id>17032</id><summary><![CDATA[Woman gives birth to seven babies]]></summary><issued>2007-04-19T10:47:49+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-19T10:47:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An Algerian woman gave birth to seven babies at a public hospital in the capital Algiers. The mother gave birth to a boy and six girls.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA['Prophet' scares police with deadly snake]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17919/1/" /><id>17919</id><summary><![CDATA['Prophet' scares police with deadly snake]]></summary><issued>2007-04-25T23:24:04+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-25T23:24:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A man claiming to be a prophet and accused by police of rape in Zimbabwe created pandemonium when he reportedly made a deadly snake appear during questioning.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[California teen gives birth in shower, walks to hospital]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/60653/1/" /><id>60653</id><summary><![CDATA[California teen gives birth in shower, walks to hospital]]></summary><issued>2008-05-05T08:01:16+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-05T08:01:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A 17-year-old girl gave birth secretly at home, then walked four blocks to a hospital with the baby still attached by its umbilical cord.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Mom finds snake coiled on baby's leg in crib]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/64981/1/" /><id>64981</id><summary><![CDATA[Mom finds snake coiled on baby's leg in crib]]></summary><issued>2008-06-10T19:53:46+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-10T19:53:46+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Long Island animal shelter is a temporary home for a 1-foot-long snake that a mother found coiled on her 7-month-old daughter's leg as the baby slept in a crib.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Apology for birth in hospital bathroom]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57754/1/" /><id>57754</id><summary><![CDATA[Apology for birth in hospital bathroom]]></summary><issued>2008-04-10T09:13:06+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-10T09:13:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Chile's government on Tuesday publicly apologized after a woman was forced to give birth in the lavatory of a public hospital.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Birth control for Hollywood pigeons]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29635/1/" /><id>29635</id><summary><![CDATA[Birth control for Hollywood pigeons]]></summary><issued>2007-07-31T02:20:16+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-31T02:20:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Hollywood residents believe they have found a humane way to reduce the out-of-control pigeon population and the mess that comes with it - birth control pill.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Another Mystery Shark Birth]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/25113/1/" /><id>25113</id><summary><![CDATA[Another Mystery Shark Birth]]></summary><issued>2007-06-25T13:15:09+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-25T13:15:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Was Tidbit the blacktip reef shark the first shark to carry a hybrid baby, or was this another case of virgin birth (parthenogenesis)?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The snake that ate a goldfish ten times the size of his head]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33919/1/" /><id>33919</id><summary><![CDATA[The snake that ate a goldfish ten times the size of his head]]></summary><issued>2007-08-31T12:32:03+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-31T12:32:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It may only be small. But, as the picture shows, what this grass snake lacks in size it more than makes up for in ambition. It has taken to eating goldfish more than ten times the size of his head after discovering them in Valerie and Raymond Bell's pond.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Stubborn snake wins standoff over Pontiac]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/38980/1/" /><id>38980</id><summary><![CDATA[Stubborn snake wins standoff over Pontiac]]></summary><issued>2007-10-20T07:59:19+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-20T07:59:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An Indiana woman said she'll be walking for a while after one tough snake took up residence under the hood of her car and refused to leave.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Holy cow! 'Mother' gives birth to quadruplet calves]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33906/1/" /><id>33906</id><summary><![CDATA[Holy cow! 'Mother' gives birth to quadruplet calves]]></summary><issued>2007-08-31T10:41:18+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-31T10:41:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[They call her Mother for a reason. When the five-year Hereford gave birth over and over and over again Sunday, she beat long odds and accomplished what few beef cows do -- she had given birth to quadruplets.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ewe are one in a million: Sheep gives birth to FIVE lambs]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/59048/1/" /><id>59048</id><summary><![CDATA[Ewe are one in a million: Sheep gives birth to FIVE lambs]]></summary><issued>2008-04-20T21:59:09+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-20T21:59:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A sheep gave birth to a whopping FIVE lambs - beating odds of one in a million.<br/><br/>The plucky ewe held on to her tiny offspring after the amazing delivery at Solomon's Farm in Rolvenden, Kent.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Snake Saved After Eating Golf Balls]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/45763/1/" /><id>45763</id><summary><![CDATA[Snake Saved After Eating Golf Balls]]></summary><issued>2008-01-02T07:46:27+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-02T07:46:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A snake was saved by surgery in Australia after mistaking four golf balls for a meal of chicken eggs, a veterinarian said Wednesday.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[School Dorm Snake Game]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/69353/1/" /><id>69353</id><summary><![CDATA[School Dorm Snake Game]]></summary><issued>2008-07-20T21:11:58+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-20T21:11:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Remember the old computer game where you were a snake and every time you got food you grew longer and you had to avoid hitting yourself and the walls well, somehow these people have organized an entire dorm of people to create a game of snake on the outside of the building, and spectators watch in awe.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Iowa Family Finds Snake Head in Can of Beans]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36368/1/" /><id>36368</id><summary><![CDATA[Iowa Family Finds Snake Head in Can of Beans]]></summary><issued>2007-09-21T13:17:14+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-21T13:17:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Amy Schneider said she found a snake head when she opened the can of green beans on March 24, 2006. It was about the size of a golf ball, she said.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[AKARI captures birth of cosmic dust from supernova explosion]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/57473/1/" /><id>57473</id><summary><![CDATA[AKARI captures birth of cosmic dust from supernova explosion]]></summary><issued>2008-04-08T23:31:45+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-08T23:31:45+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Detailed images of the birth of cosmic dust were captured for the first time. A star that is about to die after a supernova explosion expels materials like cosmic dust into space, which will be the raw materials for planets and other life.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Deadly snake bites man's penis]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/63548/1/" /><id>63548</id><summary><![CDATA[Deadly snake bites man's penis]]></summary><issued>2008-05-29T00:49:47+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-29T00:49:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A roadside toilet stop ended in pain, embarrassment and almost death for a tourist when a highly venomous snake bit the end of his penis.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[We'll Miss &quot;We&quot;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/24555/1/" /><id>24555</id><summary><![CDATA[We'll Miss &quot;We&quot;]]></summary><issued>2007-06-20T20:54:48+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-20T20:54:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The two-headed, hermaphrodite rat snake died at the age of 8. World Aquarium, which tried to breed him/her with another dicephalic snake, will miss the beloved freak of nature.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The World's Most Bizarre Birth Defects]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33942/1/" /><id>33942</id><summary><![CDATA[The World's Most Bizarre Birth Defects]]></summary><issued>2007-08-31T15:57:48+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-31T15:57:48+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Anyone who watches the Discovery Health channel knows that nature likes to throw us a lot of genetic curveballs: Siamese twins, extra appendages, chimeras, hermaphrodites...you name it. But you haven't seen anything yet. The people in this article have some of the most startling, unimaginable birth defects the world has ever seen. Suddenly that annoying birthmark of yours doesn't look so bad.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Japan 61-yr-old surrogate mum gives birth]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72943/1/" /><id>72943</id><summary><![CDATA[Japan 61-yr-old surrogate mum gives birth]]></summary><issued>2008-08-20T08:17:10+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-20T08:17:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A 61-year-old Japanese woman has given birth to a surrogate child. She is believed to be the oldest surrogate mother yet recorded in Japan.]]></content></entry></feed>