Slime-mold beetles.
We can't make this stuff up.
A slime to remember
Bush gives name to beetle 1
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Posted 4:42 PM on 13 Apr 2005
by Katharine Wroth -
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According to an AP report, two Cornell University scientists -- who, it must be pointed out, were apparently not snickering at the time -- paid tribute to Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld by naming three new species of slime-mold beetle after them.
Katharine Wroth is a senior editor at Grist.
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birdboy Posted 9:56 am
13 Apr 2005
But seriously, what could these little guys have done to deserve such a dishonor? It's really not fair to disrespect slime beetles like that. At least they perform a beneficial function to the environment.
a liberal in redsville
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