OK is this for real? Newly Discovered Flatworm Is Named After Obama Introducing Baracktrema obamai By Kate Baggaley 8 hours ago Roberts et al. (2016) The blood fluke Baracktrema obamai, which represents both a new genus and species of parasitic flatworm. A new species of blood fluke was found infecting the lungs of turtles in Malaysia. This parasitic flatworm has been dubbed Baracktrema obamai, in honor of the President of the United States (who is the fifth cousin twice removed of one of the discovering scientists). B. obamai is described in the August issue of the Journal of Parasitology as having a long, thread-like body. So far, it’s shown up in two freshwater turtles, the black marsh turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis) and southeast Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis). The scientists found clusters of tens to hundreds of fluke eggs in the turtles’ lung alveoli, the tiny sacs where blood receives oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide. How these eggs get outside to hatch and infect new hosts isn’t clear, although making the turtles cough is probably involved. Newly Discovered Flatworm Is Named After Obama
Yes....it's for real....though I'd prefer to be named for some friendly cutesy, cuddly, critter than a blood fluke. Still...having a species or a celestial object named after oneself is a distinction that is relatively uncommon.
Hitlery is going to have a temper tantrum, I am an even bigger blood sucking parasite than Obummer, as well as a woman and I demand I have my own worm, apologizes to Bill not needed.
Of all that he will be remembered for, this is most fitting! They should have a special jar of these right inside the Library doors he gets when he is done being the worthless leader he is!
