Parasite named after Obama; conservatives celebrate
One conservative outfit wants you to know it’s a “bloodsucking” parasite. Actually, though, it ‘s an honor.
Click here for reuse options!Meet Baracktrema obamai, a tiny parasitic flatworm that lives in turtles’ blood. A new study officially names the 2-inch, hair-thin creature after Obama.
Thomas Platt, the newly retired biology professor at Saint Mary’s College in Indiana who chose the name, says it’s an honor, not an insult. Really.
Platt, who discovered and named the flatworm to crown his career before retiring, has more than 30 new species to his credit. In the past, he’s named them after his father-in-law, his doctorate adviser “and other people I have a great deal of respect for. This is clearly something in my small way done to honor our president,” Platt said Thursday.
Platt, who is a distant relative of the president, says people pay thousands of dollars for the privilege of having a species named after them.
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Buford2k11 September 10th, 2016 at 10:34
So, What species is Donald Trump? Orangatang Liemonger extremis…
Larry Schmitt September 10th, 2016 at 11:14
Scarabaeinae Trumpia
https://www.sciencenews.org/sites/default/files/main/articles/110115_sm_dung-beetle_free.jpg
Larry Schmitt September 10th, 2016 at 11:21
Melania and the kids are inside.
Buford2k11 September 10th, 2016 at 11:38
hehehe, ya got me laughing, thanks…
amersham1046 September 10th, 2016 at 17:04
I knew it was a dung beetle (Scarabaeus viette), but i did not know the ball of dung (Scarabaeinae Trumpia) had a scientific name,
Larry Schmitt September 10th, 2016 at 17:11
No, the dung’s name is John Barron.
StoneyCurtisll September 10th, 2016 at 11:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7voiUnqZiac
Um Cara September 10th, 2016 at 12:06
Thomas Platt, the newly retired biology professor at Saint Mary’s College in Indiana who chose the name, says it’s an honor, not an insult. Really.
Life is such an amazing, unlikely thing – how could being named after a newly discovered critter be anything but an honor? If cons want to be silly about it, let them display their ignorance.