> The photo shared on Twitter of the millipede Cambala by Derek Hennen. The two red circles indicate the presence of the fungus.
I don’t see the two red circles in the picture.
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#12> The photo shared on Twitter of the millipede Cambala by Derek Hennen. The two red circles indicate the presence of the fungus. I don’t see the two red circles in the picture.
There are two red circles, but there is nothing identifiable to the untrained eye contained within them.
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#13> The photo shared on Twitter of the millipede Cambala by Derek Hennen. The two red circles indicate the presence of the fungus. I don’t see the two red circles in the picture.
They are towards the top of the image, they are much easier to see if you open the image in full
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#14The title here needs to include "..." in the original article.
For a moment, I thought this would be a satirical article, characterizing some group as "new species".
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#15> the new species has now been given its official name, 'troglomyces twitteri' Academia always seems so mature and serious from outside, nice to know there can be some lighthearted humor there too :) As an aside, do you guys know any other Latin animal names that may have an 'untraditional' origin?
Frank Zappa has a couple (plus an asteroid):
https://www.nme.com/news/music/frank-zappa-3-1234673
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/7_animals_...
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#16> the new species has now been given its official name, 'troglomyces twitteri' Academia always seems so mature and serious from outside, nice to know there can be some lighthearted humor there too :) As an aside, do you guys know any other Latin animal names that may have an 'untraditional' origin?
Stephen Colbert had a spider named after him, Aptostichus stephencolberti: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptostichus_stephencolberti
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#17> the new species has now been given its official name, 'troglomyces twitteri' Academia always seems so mature and serious from outside, nice to know there can be some lighthearted humor there too :) As an aside, do you guys know any other Latin animal names that may have an 'untraditional' origin?
Another one, not mentioned here but one of my favorites:
Psephophorus Terrypratchetti.
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#18> the new species has now been given its official name, 'troglomyces twitteri' Academia always seems so mature and serious from outside, nice to know there can be some lighthearted humor there too :) As an aside, do you guys know any other Latin animal names that may have an 'untraditional' origin?
Neobuthus Factorio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neobuthus_factorio
Named after the game Factorio, as the species was discovered by the father of the lead dev.
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#19since the article mentioned this, since when can people in the scientific field simply share their research data without facing any consequences?
edit: sorry my bad, I realized my question was not making sense, I actually mean they can publish research data if the authority does not approve of it?
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#20> the new species has now been given its official name, 'troglomyces twitteri' Academia always seems so mature and serious from outside, nice to know there can be some lighthearted humor there too :) As an aside, do you guys know any other Latin animal names that may have an 'untraditional' origin?
There are 4 species of damselfly named after each of the band members of Queen.