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December 10, 2012 09:59 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/eOQ0HDvEYSY/political-taxonomy-obama-gets.html
Political taxonomy: Obama gets a lichen, a worm, and a carnivorous lizard
There is already a lichen — Caloplaca obamae — and a worm — Paragordius obamai — named after Barack Obama. Now he also has Obamadon gracilis, an ancient, extinct, carnivorous lizard. You can read a full write-up on Obamadon at Carolyn Johnson's Science in Mind blog. It includes some behind-the-scenes detail on the amusing considerations [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/eOQ0HDvEYSY/political-taxonomy-obama-gets.html
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