<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : killer whale : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : killer whale : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Penguin finds safety from killer whale attack on small boat]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82699/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Dramatic footage of a penguin using it's environment to the best advantage when pursued by a killer whale.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killer Whale ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44189/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Orcas, or killer whales, are the largest of the porpoises and one of the world's most powerful predators. They feast on marine mammals such as seals, sea lions, and even whales, employing teeth that can be four inches (ten centimeters) long. They are known to grab seals right off the ice. They also eat fish, squid, and seabirds.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killer whale attacks trainer during show]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/6717/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A killer whale injured a trainer when he grabbed the man and pinned him to the bottom of an exhibition tank during a show at San Diego's SeaWorld Adventure Park.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seal's close call with killer whale in Patagonia]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/126222/1/</link><description><![CDATA[An astonishing sequence of images showed the orca emerging from shallow icy waters towards the shore in an attempt to feed on the seal pup.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whale harpooned in front of whale-watching tourists]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33352/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Eco-tourists on a whale-watching vessel, looking forward to observing the mighty creatures in their natural habitat, were instead greeted by the sight of a harpooned whale being dragged in by a Japanese whaling vessel on Friday.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whale Curry Adds Spice to Japan's Traditional, Controversial Dish]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42735/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Japan's annual whale hunt generates tons upon tons of meat from hundreds of &quot;scientifically killed&quot; whales. Where does it all go? Japanese food company Asian Lunch offers a spicy solution: Whale Curry.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists spot white killer whale off Alaska]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/53468/1/</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;I had heard about this whale, but we had never been able to find it,&quot; said Holly Fearnbach, a research biologist with the National Marine Mammal Laboratory in Seattle who photographed the rarity. &quot;It was quite neat to find it.&quot;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killer whales visit 'social clubs' ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/130589/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Killer whales create and visit social clubs just like people do, scientists have discovered. Up to 100 fish-eating killer whales come together in the Avacha Gulf, off the coast of Russia.<br/>But no-one knew why the whales form these huge superpods, when they normally live in smaller groups.<br/>Now scientists report in the Journal of Ethology that these groups act as clubs in which the killer whales form and maintain social ties.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Fail Whale?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/127243/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Fail Whale is the delightful image of a flying whale that Twitter uses when the site is down for one reason or another. The whale, became so popular that folks made their own versions (dozens), ranging from sculptures to tattoos to comics.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[KILLER bees]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/74983/1/</link><description><![CDATA[beware....they're watching you]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caught on camera: Harpooned mother whale and her calf dragged to their death by Japanese whalers]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/49708/1/</link><description><![CDATA[These heartbreaking photos of a mother whale and her calf being dragged to their death by Japanese whalers have been released by the Australian government and greeted with fury by the public.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entangled Humpback Whale Freed ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/96793/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The whale was discovered <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.newsday.com/iphone/ny-liwhale0226,0,2533734.story" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Wednesday</a>, caught in a lobster pot and netting south of the Rockaways.<br/>*This is not far from my BF's place*]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Epic humpback whale battle filmed]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135003/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A BBC natural history crew has filmed the &quot;humpback whale heat run&quot;, where 15m long, 40 tonne male whales fight it out to mate with even larger females.<br/><br/>*Be sure and watch the video full screen*]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why freeing Willy was the wrong thing to do]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/110580/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Willy was never really free. The killer whale star of the Hollywood movie Free Willy had to be cared for by humans even after he was released and he never successfully integrated with his wild kin. Researchers now say attempts to return him to the wild were misguided.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humpback whale calves make sounds]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/54659/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers say they have shown for the first time that humpback whale calves make sounds. The nonprofit Cetos Research Organization, which studied humpbacks off Maui and Kauai, say the grunts and squeals emitted by the young whales are messages for their mothers.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serial Killer Jane Toppan]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/129921/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Around the same time <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/127074/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">HH Holmes</a> was terrorizing Chicago with his murder house, Jane Toppan was walking the halls of the hospital ward in search for her next victim. She was histories most prolific female serial killer. She had inherited evil from her father who went insane, as well as her sister, and so it was inevitable that she would experience some sort of breakdown in her life.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[International help sought for lost whale calf]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72866/1/</link><description><![CDATA[New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma says experts are seeking international help for the whale calf stranded off Sydney's northern beaches.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bowhead whale: The nightingale of the ocean]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/129845/1/</link><description><![CDATA[It is now generally accepted that the bowhead whale is the longest lived mammal on the planet, with a lifespan of over 200 years. But that it can sing with &quot;more than one voice&quot; and that it changes its repertoire from year to year is news. This behaviour is unique among baleen whales and is a newly discovered phenomenon that has been investigated by researchers at the University of Copenhagen.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[US community fears serial killer ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/126737/1/</link><description><![CDATA[People in a rural part of South Carolina have cancelled Independence Day events and are arming themselves in fear of a killer after five shootings.<br/><br/>Police say, &quot;&quot;There's fear and concern here and there should be concern.&quot;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[FYI standing on a whale in New Zealand will cost you $30,000]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/131339/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A Paekakariki man is calling himself a whale rider after a brush with a southern beauty but the joyride could cost him $30,000.<br/><br/>Simon O'Donnell said he paddled out to the whale off the Kapiti Coast then stepped on to its back as it swam underwater. Standing on the whale was &quot;just insane&quot;.]]></description></item></channel></rss>