Scientists looked to honor United States President Barack Obama by naming a newly discovered blood fluke after him. UPI News reported.
Scientists named worm 'Baracktrema obamai' in honor of President Obama
Scientists looked to honor United States President Barack Obama by naming a newly discovered blood fluke after him.
According to the Journal of Parasitology, the parasitic flatworms which resides in Malaysian freshwater turtles will be known as "Baracktrema obamai"
Thomas R. Platt, who discovered the flatworm, told the Philadelphia Inquirer the name was not meant to poke fun at or insult President Obama.
"This is something I take very seriously, and I am doing this with the utmost of respect," he said.
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“I have named a number of species after people I admire, from my father-in-law, my PhD adviser, and good friends who are academics and/or amateur naturalists,” Platt said.
“Baracktrema obamai will endure as long as there are systematists studying these remarkable organisms.”
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