Lynch Tree
07-11-2018, 03:40 AM
US scientists have discovered a new species of a parasitic flatworm that infects turtles in Malaysia, and named it after Barack Obama as a way of honoring the US president.
The flatworm, coined Baracktrema obamai, is so unusual that it merits not only a new species designation, but its own genus, too.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3782019/New-parasite-species-named-Obama.html
The flatworm, coined Baracktrema obamai, is so unusual that it merits not only a new species designation, but its own genus, too.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3782019/New-parasite-species-named-Obama.html