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7 Things Named After Obama, From Schools To Roads To An Extinct Foot-Long Lizard
Bustle, by Lani Seelinger — June 1, 2019
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6. Living Species
Scientists discover new plant, animal, bacterial, and fungal species all the time, and those discoveries always offer a chance for some creativity when it comes to giving them scientific names. By the time Obama left office, there were at least eight living things named after him, according to Science . None of them were particularly warm and fuzzy; instead, the list includes a type of lichen, three species of fish, a spider, a bird, and two — yes, two — parasites.
Thomas Platt, the now-retired biologist who discovered one of those parasites, the Baracktrema obamai species that lives in the blood of some Malaysian turtles, told the Associated Press that he meant the tribute as a compliment rather than an insult.
“It’s long. It’s thin. And it’s cool as hell,” Platt said, calling the Baracktrema obamai “phenomenally incredibly resilient organisms.”
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