Beetle boost for Bush and friends

[emad]

BBC

Two US scientists have paid tribute to their favourite politicians by naming three species of beetle after them.

President George Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were all honoured.

One of the entomologists said he admired all three men for "having the courage of their convictions" and standing up for freedom and democracy.

The three beetles who now bear their names are among 65 newly discovered species which feed on mould.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4443263.stm

SUB-HEAD for this BBC Story is: Mould-Easing Beetle Tribute for Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeldt

[emad]

1. Sad day for entomology to associate these grubs with Shrubco...

"They named them Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi and Agathidium rumsfeldi.

Others were named after the scientists' wives, the Star Wars villain Darth Vader and the Greek words for "ugly" and "having prominent teeth"."


and

The bushi can be found in the US states of North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia, while the cheneyi and rumsfeldi are from Mexico.

At least two former US presidents have species named after them, the Washington Times newspaper reports.
A deer, an elk and a lion are named after Theodore Roosevelt, while Abraham Lincoln has a wasp and a rose in his name.


NOW IF it has been worms......

[Rambis]

2. Anybody got a big can of Raid!

x

[Triana]

3. Quick! Call Tom DeLay!!

Didn't he used to be an exterminator?

:evilgrin:

[sellitman]

4. John and George are turning over in their graves!

:hippie:

[emad]

5. Time to rename the humble cockroach?

[rocktivity]

6. Umm--are you SURE this is complimentary?

Too bad there wasn't a fourth beetle--it could have been named after Tom DeLay!

:crazy:
rocknation

[emad]

7. Fouth Beetle? As in Pete Best? She Loves ya yeh ye yeh, sh loves

ya...........

[CarefullyLiberal]

9. Exactly, emad.

I thought there already was a George beetle?

-Fergus

[burn the bush]

8. unless it's a dung beetle... The Bush beetle pushing dung.

that sounds about right.