<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : ants : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[Chocolate Covered Ants]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23269/1/" /><id>23269</id><summary><![CDATA[Chocolate Covered Ants]]></summary><issued>2007-06-09T05:43:50+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-09T05:43:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Ingredients &#8211;<br/>100 Live Black Ants (avoid red ants, their too spicy)<br/>1 vanilla bean split and seeds scraped out<br/>2 Egg Yolks<br/>1 Tbsp. Sugar<br/>1 tsp. Butter, melted<br/>12 oz. Bittersweet Chocolate]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ants More Rational Than Humans?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/129030/1/" /><id>129030</id><summary><![CDATA[Ants More Rational Than Humans?]]></summary><issued>2009-07-25T18:25:40+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-25T18:25:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Ants can accomplish a task more rationally than our &#8211; multimodal, egg-headed, tool-using, bipedal, opposing-thumbed &#8211; selves. This is not the case of humans being &quot;stupider&quot; than ants. Humans and animals simply often make irrational choices when faced with very challenging decisions.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ants fitted with radio transmitters for scientific study]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/108914/1/" /><id>108914</id><summary><![CDATA[Ants fitted with radio transmitters for scientific study]]></summary><issued>2009-04-22T08:52:27+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-22T08:52:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Tiny radio transmitters were fitted to ants by scientists to study their house-hunting habits.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Time Lapse of Ants Eating A Gecko]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/65315/1/" /><id>65315</id><summary><![CDATA[Time Lapse of Ants Eating A Gecko]]></summary><issued>2008-06-13T10:29:06+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-13T10:29:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A bunch of ants devour a dead gecko from flesh to bone in a matter of a hours. Pretty cool time lapse.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Baby Fire Ants Play Dead When Attacked]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/58563/1/" /><id>58563</id><summary><![CDATA[Baby Fire Ants Play Dead When Attacked]]></summary><issued>2008-04-16T16:14:21+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-16T16:14:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Ants from an attacking colony will come up to inspect them, and they&#8217;ll be curled up just like a dead ant. Then moments later they uncurl and walk away.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Digital Ants will protect your computer]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135197/1/" /><id>135197</id><summary><![CDATA[Digital Ants will protect your computer]]></summary><issued>2009-10-29T04:37:40+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-29T04:37:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Modeled after the workings of a real ant colony, scientists have created 'digital ants' that can protect your computer from viruses and worms.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[From Ants! Natures Secret Power ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/82423/1/" /><id>82423</id><summary><![CDATA[From Ants! Natures Secret Power ]]></summary><issued>2008-11-20T16:26:39+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-20T16:26:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Ants! I understand they are also good chocolate coated.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Butterflies trick ants into raising young]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45957/1/" /><id>45957</id><summary><![CDATA[Butterflies trick ants into raising young]]></summary><issued>2008-01-03T20:14:26+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-03T20:14:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The butterflies deposit their larvae on marsh gentian plants where exploring ants find them, identify the chemical coating, and take the butterfly larvae back to the ant colony and feed them until they grow up and leave...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ferocious ants bite like a bullet]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/19/1/" /><id>19</id><summary><![CDATA[Ferocious ants bite like a bullet]]></summary><issued>2006-08-22T16:27:47+01:00</issued><modified>2006-08-22T16:27:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Trap-jaw ants bite with a force of over 300 times their own bodyweight. Uninvited visitors to a nest of trap-jaw ants can expect a vicious response.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Study reveals how ants talk to each other]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/97943/1/" /><id>97943</id><summary><![CDATA[Study reveals how ants talk to each other]]></summary><issued>2009-03-06T00:21:23+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-06T00:21:23+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Next time you see an army of ants scurrying around, bear in mind that they may be following orders.<br/><br/>For scientists have shown that the insects talk to each other and are more intelligent than anyone ever realised.<br/><br/>They discovered that ants communicate by stroking a natural 'washboard' on their abdomen with a body part that resembles a plectrum.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Move over fire ants -- here come needle ants]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/84224/1/" /><id>84224</id><summary><![CDATA[Move over fire ants -- here come needle ants]]></summary><issued>2008-12-10T20:49:14+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-10T20:49:14+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The name alone is enough to induce a shudder: the Asian needle ant.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Come celebrate - Get whipped by clowns and showered by fire ants!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11279/1/" /><id>11279</id><summary><![CDATA[Come celebrate - Get whipped by clowns and showered by fire ants!]]></summary><issued>2007-02-21T19:21:24+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-21T19:21:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I couldn't tell where this video was actually taking place but it is a pretty bizarre annual festival. Some guys dressed like clowns run through the streets whipping people with sticks with festivities culminating in a shower of fire ants! Sounds like fun huh?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Do ants have low self esteem? ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21585/1/" /><id>21585</id><summary><![CDATA[Do ants have low self esteem? ]]></summary><issued>2007-05-27T11:21:54+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-27T11:21:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists have been studying how ants behave in colonies and have found that they willingly plug &quot;potholes&quot; with their bodies, testing the holes first to see what size ant is needed, then allowing the colony to march right over them for the greater good!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA['Stench of life' prevents ants from being buried alive ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/112309/1/" /><id>112309</id><summary><![CDATA['Stench of life' prevents ants from being buried alive ]]></summary><issued>2009-05-06T19:49:25+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-06T19:49:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Life really stinks for Argentine ants. New research shows that while alive, the ants produce two odoriferous chemicals that prevent their compatriots from immediately carting their bodies away to the 'morgue'.<br/>*word of the day...Pupae*]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Tired of potholes? You can do like the ants do..]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21626/1/" /><id>21626</id><summary><![CDATA[Tired of potholes? You can do like the ants do..]]></summary><issued>2007-05-27T22:32:47+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-27T22:32:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Army ants tired of potholes take one for the team, throwing their bodies into rough spots to make a smoother road for their sisters.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Robotic ants building homes on Mars?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/80063/1/" /><id>80063</id><summary><![CDATA[Robotic ants building homes on Mars?]]></summary><issued>2008-10-22T23:18:13+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-22T23:18:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Recent discoveries of water and Earth-like soil on Mars have set imaginations running wild that human beings may one day colonise the Red Planet. However, the first inhabitants might not be human in form at all, but rather swarms of tiny robots.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Butterfly That Mimics Ants Points to Conservation Clue ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/124811/1/" /><id>124811</id><summary><![CDATA[Butterfly That Mimics Ants Points to Conservation Clue ]]></summary><issued>2009-06-21T01:56:26+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-21T01:56:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A blue butterfly died out in Britain 30 years ago because of disruptions to a life cycle that includes pretending to be an ant, according to a recently published study that points to smarter ways to protect wildlife.<br/><br/>&quot;It only took the grass growing 0.4 to 0.8 inch taller for the species of ant it relied upon to be replaced by another,&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ant-Mugging Flies]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/114677/1/" /><id>114677</id><summary><![CDATA[Ant-Mugging Flies]]></summary><issued>2009-05-15T17:16:39+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-15T17:16:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Unusual behavior of a group of kleptoparasitic flies in South Africa. They lay in wait for ants, and mug them, literally stealing food from their mouths!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Ants create a lifeboat in the Amazon jungle]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/81504/1/" /><id>81504</id><summary><![CDATA[Ants create a lifeboat in the Amazon jungle]]></summary><issued>2008-11-10T18:32:52+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-10T18:32:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A flood hits a fire ant colony in the Amazon jungle. An amazing chance to see footage on how the species has adapted to water to protect their queen.<br/><br/>Embedding doesn't work. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=A042J0IDQK4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Click here</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Tarantulas, snakes, fire ants lurk in Texas floodwaters]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/70196/1/" /><id>70196</id><summary><![CDATA[Tarantulas, snakes, fire ants lurk in Texas floodwaters]]></summary><issued>2008-07-26T17:47:07+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-26T17:47:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[South Texans eager to salvage what they can from waterlogged homes struck by Hurricane Dolly have another problem. &quot;You don't want to wade in this water,&quot; state Health Services Commissioner David Lakey said. &quot;You don't want to play in this water. You want to stay out of this water.&quot;]]></content></entry></items></xml>