Posted on 11/30/2012 9:56:56 AM PST by DogByte6RER
• Obama is one of five new species of darter fish discovered by researchers
• The freshwater fish has distinctive bright orange and blue colours and is generally found in fast-flowing rivers around America
• Other species named after Teddy Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and vice president Al Gore
A new species of fish has been named after President Barack Obama by the researchers who discovered it.
The freshwater fish has distinctive bright orange and blue colours and is generally found in fast-flowing rivers around America.
It is one of five new species of darter - the smallest member of the perch family - to be discovered in recent months.
The remaining four species have been named after three other presidents and one vice-president.
The tiny fish - which are normally under 50mm in length - have been spotted by researchers from Geosyntec Consultants and Saint Louis University in waters in Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
Geosyntec Consultants researcher Steve Layman told The Guardian: 'We chose President Obama for his environmental leadership, particularly in the areas of clean energy and environmental protection, and because he is one of our first leaders to approach conservation and environmental protection from a more global vision.'
The other leaders were also picked for their environmental credentials.
Teddy Roosevelt was saving vast areas of wilderness by creating national parks. Jimmy Carter was picked for his humanitarian work in his post-presidential career.
Bill Clinton was honoured for his wilderness preservation and finally Al Gore, the sole vice-president on the list, for his environmental campaigning and raising raising awareness of global warming through projects such as his documentary An Inconvenient Truth.
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>> “Not all scientists are hopeless, toadying Democrats” <<
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Just how does getting paid observing some fish make the guy a ‘scientist?’
I hope it’s a species going over the brink to extinction.
Sorry, Marine........this cannot be the serpent named after Obama. Obama only squirts RED ink.
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