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New Beetle named after "Climate Activist" Greta Thunberg
BBC ^ | October 25 2019 | BBC

Posted on 10/25/2019 7:35:46 AM PDT by Kriggerel

A newly-discovered species of beetle has been named after young climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Nelloptodes gretae bears little resemblance to its namesake - it is less than 1mm long, and has no wings or eyes.

The insect does, however, have two long pigtail-like antennae.

Scientist Dr Michael Darby said he chose the name because he was "immensely impressed" by the Swedish teenager's environmental campaigning.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: beetle; bug; change; climate; global; insect; warming
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So... The Bad Seed now has a pest named after her. Yeah, that sounds about right, although my vote would have been for a blackfly or a mosquito. :P
1 posted on 10/25/2019 7:35:46 AM PDT by Kriggerel
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To: Kriggerel

How Dare They?


2 posted on 10/25/2019 7:38:01 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Kriggerel

Her mother wrote a book about how absolutely, batshit crazy Greta is.


3 posted on 10/25/2019 7:38:43 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Kriggerel

4 posted on 10/25/2019 7:38:57 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: Kriggerel

If it had a tiny brain and spent its life mimicking other bugs that would be perfect.


5 posted on 10/25/2019 7:40:04 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Kriggerel

Some species of Dung Beetle, I am certain.

I blame her parents and society, not her. She is just a snot-nosed kid who has been brainwashed.


6 posted on 10/25/2019 7:40:17 AM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: Kriggerel

Now we know who the 5th Beatle is.


7 posted on 10/25/2019 7:40:46 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Kriggerel

Regretta Humbug


8 posted on 10/25/2019 7:40:46 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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To: left that other site

Well, they already “dared” to name two different insects after Donald Trump already, one of which, because it has ‘comparatively small genitals’...

So yeah, just like all other public fields these days, the biological sciences are yet another field, which are now, apparently also run by screaming lefties.


9 posted on 10/25/2019 7:40:54 AM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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I blame her parents and society, not her. She is just a snot-nosed kid who has been brainwashed.

I blame the snot nosed kid also. At age 16 I knew better. A bit of time with Latin and geometry and physics and girls and I knew there was a lot that I didn't know about the world.

10 posted on 10/25/2019 7:43:28 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Kriggerel

Okay, I’ll buy a Volkswagen New Beetle, get some stick-on letters, and name it Greta. And get one of those ‘FU Greta’ bumper stickers.


11 posted on 10/25/2019 7:43:53 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: Kriggerel

I wonder if the new beetle has a philtrum?


12 posted on 10/25/2019 7:44:22 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Delta 21

She looks like the Schoolyard Bully ,LOL


13 posted on 10/25/2019 7:44:27 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: AU72

Helter Skelter. Charlie is envious.


14 posted on 10/25/2019 7:46:35 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: Kriggerel

There’s already a dung beetle.


15 posted on 10/25/2019 7:49:36 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Delta 21

The little demon needs a good hard smack in her ugly face.


16 posted on 10/25/2019 7:49:42 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Adam Schitt.....the enemy of the people!)
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To: AndyJackson

That is a valid assessment. I also factor in the fact that she is on the Autism Spectrum somewhere, and when you hear her speak extemporaneously, you see it clearly. She is clueless.

Her parents should not only not have allowed her to engage in this BS, they encouraged and fostered it.


17 posted on 10/25/2019 7:49:50 AM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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Well said, my friend, well said.


18 posted on 10/25/2019 7:52:14 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." - Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Kriggerel

Appropriate, since she BUGS us!


19 posted on 10/25/2019 7:55:46 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Kriggerel

I can see the resemblance.

Good one, Dr. Entomologist!!

20 posted on 10/25/2019 7:56:28 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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