animals named after celebrities

slow news day, i am guessing

Old news day, more like.

From 11 Sep 2014:

[www.telegraph.co.uk]


"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

But worth pondering on a regular basis!

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But worth pondering on a regular basis!

Yes, and having a handy chart for the IORR classroom wall.

Latebloomer,

You'll need to update your chart to include Perirehaedulus richardsi, a trilobite named after Keith, as well as ones named after Jagger and Nanker Phelge:
Aegrotocatellus jaggeri and Aegrotocatellus nankerphelgeorum, respectively.

Charlie, of course, has a film named after him, and a character in BBC's Doctors--Ronnie Woodson--was named after one of the Stones but I can't recall which one at the moment.

this is my favorite topic on the board right now.i smile whenever i see it. and people say the stones are dinosaurs...

taxonomy game strong

Definitely not a paltry honor! Love the chart latebloomer!

I wish I could take credit for the chart, but all I did was copy and paste. It's from the article the OP posted.

[www.dailymail.co.uk]



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Keef would be the cockroach - love him, but what else embodies his longevity and proclivities



@celebs_pets

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@celebs_pets

Mushrooms.

There's one in the pacific northwest of the United States--the honey fungus--that's somewhere between 2,000 and 8,500 years old and lives mostly in the dark underground while feeding on the other organisms around it and producing its own toxins and hallucinogenic properties.

[www.bbc.com]

Just goes to show, a Rolling Stone gathers no moss, but they can act a lot like mushrooms.



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