<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - walrus</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/walrus</link><description>Newsvine - walrus</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:01:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 01:11:15 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>And Now, an Orphaned Baby Walrus Who Loves to Snuggle</title>
<description><![CDATA[
From the Internet Center for the Unrelenting Study of Baby Animal Cuteness, Zooborns: Orphan Walrus Comforted at Alaska SeaLife Center.
his past Saturday, local fisherman spotted an orphan Pacific Walrus calf on floating ice near Barrow, Alaska. After a period of observation f&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/27/12997739-and-now-an-orphaned-baby-walrus-who-loves-to-snuggle</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/27/12997739-and-now-an-orphaned-baby-walrus-who-loves-to-snuggle</guid><category>alaska</category><category>animals</category><category>orphan</category><category>cute</category><category>not-news</category><category>walrus</category><category>snuggle</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:01:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfan271A8904-0677-D027-6974-14F7AEB64FDB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="28" width="32" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfan271A8904-0677-D027-6974-14F7AEB64FDB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="32" height="28" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Eskimo Hunters Plead Guilty To Trading Walrus Tusks For Marijuana</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Eskimo hunters on an island in the Bering Sea were offered not only cash but firearms, ammunition, marijuana, cigarettes and snow machines for walrus ivory tusks and polar bear hides that were illegally sold, according to federal prosecutors.When investigators totaled the take, &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Benno Hansen]]></source><link>http://benno.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7160291-eskimo-hunters-plead-guilty-to-trading-walrus-tusks-for-marijuana</link><guid>http://benno.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7160291-eskimo-hunters-plead-guilty-to-trading-walrus-tusks-for-marijuana</guid><category>marijuana</category><category>crime</category><category>us-news</category><category>eskimo</category><category>walrus</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:14:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bennoBDA8941A-8544-A6A9-4BA6-4BEE63D73B9F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bennoBDA8941A-8544-A6A9-4BA6-4BEE63D73B9F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Meet the World's Smelliest Animals</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pity the poor skunk. Its identity is wholly linked to its rank scent, so much so that it draws singular ridicule from humankind as a metaphor for all that stinks. Watch a Pepe Le Pew cartoon, and you would think that skunks were the only noxious animals in the animal kingdom.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></source><link>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/22/5333972-meet-the-worlds-smelliest-animals</link><guid>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/22/5333972-meet-the-worlds-smelliest-animals</guid><category>animals</category><category>odd-news</category><category>smell</category><category>penguin</category><category>stink</category><category>skunk</category><category>walrus</category><category>echidna</category><category>stink-bug</category><category>tamandua</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:04:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Walrus Report</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Ever drive a long way on vacation?  I thought so.  When I was around 8 or 9, my father drove us from Denver to Anaheim so that we could visit Disneyland.  The trip there was fairly uneventful, but that's only because the stay and trip back were full of challenges.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Holly-348328]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Holly-348328]]></source><link>http://h-kuehn.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/23/4058422-the-walrus-report</link><guid>http://h-kuehn.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/23/4058422-the-walrus-report</guid><category>vacation</category><category>barbara-walters</category><category>disneyland</category><category>road-trip</category><category>breakdown</category><category>walrus</category><category>mojave-desert</category><category>goofy</category><category>family-trip</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:58:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Walrus plays the Saxophone </title>
<description><![CDATA[A walrus has become a star attraction with visitors at a zoo by learning to play the saxophone.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></source><link>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/02/2167909-walrus-plays-the-saxophone</link><guid>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/02/2167909-walrus-plays-the-saxophone</guid><category>zoo</category><category>odd-news</category><category>walrus</category><category>saxaphone</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 06:53:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>I Met The Walrus: John Lennon on Peace — Superb Visual Storytelling</title>
<description><![CDATA[I Met The Walrus is an Oscar-nominated video animating, quit beautifully, a conversation between a 14-year-old Beatles fan and John Lennon in 1969.

To quote Jack Shedd:

The conversation was mostly political, and mostly rambling. The animation is superb.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Whittet]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Whittet]]></source><link>http://basseq.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/06/1643838-i-met-the-walrus-john-lennon-on-peace-superb-visual-storytelling</link><guid>http://basseq.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/06/1643838-i-met-the-walrus-john-lennon-on-peace-superb-visual-storytelling</guid><category>politics</category><category>oscars</category><category>john-lennon</category><category>beatles</category><category>animation</category><category>youtube</category><category>walrus</category><category>jerry-levitan</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 Jul 2008 03:54:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbasseq2F1643880.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="366" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fbasseq2F1643880.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Death of a legend: Ayveq the masturbating walrus dies at 14</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ayveq, the walrus whose bizarre, though oddly compelling, masturbation rituals made him an international sensation at the New York Aquarium, has died. He was 14.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Edelweiss]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Edelweiss]]></source><link>http://edelweiss.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/26/1615722-death-of-a-legend-ayveq-the-masturbating-walrus-dies-at-14</link><guid>http://edelweiss.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/26/1615722-death-of-a-legend-ayveq-the-masturbating-walrus-dies-at-14</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>walrus</category><category>masturbating</category><category>new-york-aquarium</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:22:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Walruses - Animals - Natalie Angier - Science - New York Times</title>
<description><![CDATA["The first thing the walruses will do when they come over is start pushing at you, pressing their heads right into your stomach," he said. "Don't let them get away with that. No matter how hard they push, you have to stand your ground."

I stopped short, confused.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></source><link>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/20/1500927-walruses-animals-natalie-angier-science-new-york-times</link><guid>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/20/1500927-walruses-animals-natalie-angier-science-new-york-times</guid><category>evolution</category><category>animals</category><category>animal</category><category>intelligence</category><category>nature</category><category>science</category><category>biology</category><category>intelligent</category><category>smart</category><category>paul</category><category>walrus</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 15:11:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>On thin ice in the Arctic</title>
<description><![CDATA[2 from U.Va. warn of what global warming could mean to animals

By REX SPRINGSTON
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

The polar bear has become the furry face of climate change in the Arctic.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brutii]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brutii]]></source><link>http://brutii.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/09/1354855-on-thin-ice-in-the-arctic</link><guid>http://brutii.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/09/1354855-on-thin-ice-in-the-arctic</guid><category>science</category><category>climate</category><category>arctic</category><category>walrus</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Mar 2008 23:01:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fossilized walrus penis sells for mere US$8,000 at Beverly Hills auction, instead of expected $16,000 | MadConomist.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[A fossilized penis bone from an extinct walrus isn't the usual kind of artifact to hang above the mantel.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[constantskeptic]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[constantskeptic]]></source><link>http://constantskeptic.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/04/940594-fossilized-walrus-penis-sells-for-mere-us8000-at-beverly-hills-auction-instead-of-expected-16000-madconomistcom</link><guid>http://constantskeptic.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/04/940594-fossilized-walrus-penis-sells-for-mere-us8000-at-beverly-hills-auction-instead-of-expected-16000-madconomistcom</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>beverly-hills</category><category>extinct</category><category>walrus</category><category>fossilized</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:53:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fossilized Penis Sells For $8,000 At Auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[A fossilized penis bone from an extinct walrus went for a whopping $8,000 at a Beverly Hills auction Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></source><link>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/28/925630-fossilized-penis-sells-for-8000-at-auction</link><guid>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/28/925630-fossilized-penis-sells-for-8000-at-auction</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>fossil</category><category>walrus</category><category>fossilized-penis</category><category>penis-bone</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:48:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Believe it or not: Fossilised penis sold at auction</title>
<description><![CDATA[It was trapped under the Siberian permafrost for more than 12,000 years, and discovered by fossil hunters who at first mistook it as a mammoth tusk.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glinda]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Glinda]]></source><link>http://witchofthenorth.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/27/924750-believe-it-or-not-fossilised-penis-sold-at-auction</link><guid>http://witchofthenorth.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/27/924750-believe-it-or-not-fossilised-penis-sold-at-auction</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>fossil</category><category>penis</category><category>walrus</category><category>ripleys-believe-it-or-not</category><category>53-inch-penis</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:40:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ancient Walrus Penis Only Brings In $8,000</title>
<description><![CDATA[The specimen, which was found in Siberia, may be the largest penis bone in the world.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[corysbrown]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[corysbrown]]></source><link>http://corysbrown.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/27/924403-ancient-walrus-penis-only-brings-in-8000</link><guid>http://corysbrown.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/27/924403-ancient-walrus-penis-only-brings-in-8000</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>walrus</category><category>specimen</category><category>largest-penis</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:07:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mummified Walrus Penis Fossil Sells For $8,000</title>
<description><![CDATA[A fossilized penis bone from an extinct walrus isn't the usual kind of artifact to hang above the mantel.

Maybe that's why it sold at auction for $8,000, far below the expected price.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Turnbull]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Donald Turnbull]]></source><link>http://dturnbull.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/27/923850-mummified-walrus-penis-fossil-sells-for-8000</link><guid>http://dturnbull.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/27/923850-mummified-walrus-penis-fossil-sells-for-8000</guid><category>science</category><category>museum</category><category>fossil</category><category>penis</category><category>walrus</category><category>mummified</category><category>ripleys-believe-it-or-not</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:46:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Many Headless Walruses Found in Alaska</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dozens of walrus carcasses have washed up on beaches this summer, many missing their heads and ivory tusks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[stevetherobot]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[stevetherobot]]></source><link>http://stevetherobot.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/16/900446-many-headless-walruses-found-in-alaska</link><guid>http://stevetherobot.newsvine.com/_news/2007/08/16/900446-many-headless-walruses-found-in-alaska</guid><category>us-news</category><category>alaska-natives</category><category>poaching</category><category>walrus</category><category>marine-mammal-protection-act</category><category>norton-sound</category><category>walrus-tusks</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:46:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Poll: Death Match: Polar Bear Vs. 2 Ton Walrus (who wins?)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting video and poll about who would win between a Polar bear and Two ton Walrus]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[malikteq]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[malikteq]]></source><link>http://malikteq.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/07/705346-poll-death-match-polar-bear-vs-2-ton-walrus-who-wins</link><guid>http://malikteq.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/07/705346-poll-death-match-polar-bear-vs-2-ton-walrus-who-wins</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>walrus</category><category>polar-bear</category><category>animal-fight</category><pubDate>Mon, 7 May 2007 18:21:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ancient Walrus Bone(r) Discovered in Iceland</title>
<description><![CDATA[A bone which came from the penis of a walrus (Os penis) and is believed to be 10,000 to 12,000 years old, was discovered in a gravel mine by Lambafell in Ölfuss in south Iceland a few weeks ago. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Synthesis]]></source><link>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/12/611342-ancient-walrus-boner-discovered-in-iceland</link><guid>http://primarysources.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/12/611342-ancient-walrus-boner-discovered-in-iceland</guid><category>science</category><category>iceland</category><category>walrus</category><category>lambafell</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:49:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Walrus falls in love with her trainer</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ansab]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ansab]]></source><link>http://ansab.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/24/585335-walrus-falls-in-love-with-her-trainer</link><guid>http://ansab.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/24/585335-walrus-falls-in-love-with-her-trainer</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>love</category><category>trainer</category><category>walrus</category><category>maybe-adorable</category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Warm walrus love</title>
<description><![CDATA[Marineland mammal baffles scientists with her devotion to a mere human

It's a love story of a different kind.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glinda]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Glinda]]></source><link>http://witchofthenorth.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/16/572150-warm-walrus-love</link><guid>http://witchofthenorth.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/16/572150-warm-walrus-love</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>love</category><category>valentines-day</category><category>walrus</category><category>smooshi</category><category>phil-demers</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:07:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fat Dog! </title>
<description><![CDATA[Does my bum look big in this collar?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[theslant]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[theslant]]></source><link>http://theslant.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/13/519575-fat-dog</link><guid>http://theslant.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/13/519575-fat-dog</guid><category>court</category><category>seal</category><category>dog</category><category>odd-news</category><category>vets</category><category>cambridgeshire</category><category>walrus</category><category>rspca</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:46:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>