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Snuffleupagus, a newly described species, is an adorable little predator
- slwvx 4mo agoQuoting the article: Milton Love, a marine biologist at the University of California’s Marine Science Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif., says the fish's muppet-like appearance demonstrates "the awesome power of natural selection." ... "Or, and here is another hypothesis, Gaia created this fish after having one too many of those rum drinks that come with those little umbrellas." Nice :-)
- bitwize 4mo ago> If it works out, they plan to name it after another muppet, but Short wouldn't say which one. Solenostomus mahnamahna when?
- karunamurti 4mo agoChat, give me information about using copyrighted material in taxonomy.
- bitwize 4mo agoApparently Sesame Workshop has approved of this nomenclature.
- quuxplusone 4mo agoSee also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hensonbatrachus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hensonbatrachus (Hensonbatrachus kermiti)