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Is Madonna living in our tanks?
So Madonna has a birthday in two days, and I was looking up information on her. Look at what I foundout.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrada In 2006 a new water bear species (Latin: Tardigrada), Echiniscus madonnae Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2006[105] was named after Madonna. It is the first and the only (so far) species named in honour of the artist. The paper with the description of E. madonnae was published in the international journal of animal taxonomy Zootaxa in March 2006 (Vol. 1154, pages: 1-36). The authors' justification for the name of the new species was: "We take great pleasure in dedicating this species to one of the most significant artists of our times, Madonna Louise Veronica Ritchie". The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) number of the species is 711164 |
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Wow, these things are seriously cool. Looks like they will be here long after humans disappear.....
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They can live in space! Sweet!!! TELL NASA!
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