EricTheRed 0 #1 April 13, 2005 Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are now species of slime-mold beetles http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April05/slime-mold.Bush.Cheney.ssl.html What an honor. How can I get a bug named after me?illegible usually Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 43 #2 April 13, 2005 QuoteWhat an honor. How can I get a bug named after me? You have to EARN it first!"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #3 April 13, 2005 QuoteWhat an honor. How can I get a bug named after me? Quote: "The decision to name three slime-mold beetles after Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, however, didn't have anything to do with physical features, says Quentin Wheeler, a professor of entomology and of plant biology at Cornell for 24 years, but to pay homage to the U.S. leaders. 'We admire these leaders as fellow citizens who have the courage of their convictions and are willing to do the very difficult and unpopular work of living up to principles of freedom and democracy rather than accepting the expedient or popular,' says Wheeler, who named the beetles" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #4 April 13, 2005 >How can I get a bug named after me? Do something of an insect level of deserving. Gary Larson has a particularly funny looking bug named after him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
