10 Ridiculous Scientific Names
There aren’t as many rules to naming a scientific discovery as you might think– and that has led to some pretty outrageous names.
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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/sep/06/david-bowie-spider-endangered-species
This weird deep-sea worm has a dick on its head
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/12/16/bone-worm-mating-revealed-males-have-penis-on-head/
http://www.livescience.com/17903-gold-butt-beyonce-fly.html
http://eol.org/pages/393217/overview
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120113093634.htm
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/11/121106-sauron-new-dinosaur-lord-of-the-rings-science-t-rex/
http://research.amnh.org/users/estanley/Ed_Stanley/Smaug.html
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790310003581
Curious Scientific Names Can Make Insects Famous
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http://phys.org/news/2015-05-microbes-survive-meteorites-shielded-uv.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ARieseng%C3%BCrtenschweif_TerraZoo_1.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ACordylus_giganteus.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AScaptia_Beyonceae.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAmpulex_dementor_holotype.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAmpulex_dementor_2.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ADavid_Bowie_spider.jpg
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http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/research/david_legg.htm David Legg
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