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New Beetle named after "Climate Activist" Greta Thunberg
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| 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.
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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
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posted on
10/25/2019 7:35:46 AM PDT
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Kriggerel
To: Kriggerel
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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)
To: Kriggerel
Her mother wrote a book about how absolutely, batshit crazy Greta is.
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posted on
10/25/2019 7:38:43 AM PDT
by
dljordan
To: Kriggerel
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posted on
10/25/2019 7:38:57 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
To: Kriggerel
If it had a tiny brain and spent its life mimicking other bugs that would be perfect.
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posted on
10/25/2019 7:40:04 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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.
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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.)
To: Kriggerel
Now we know who the 5th Beatle is.
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10/25/2019 7:40:46 AM PDT
by
AU72
To: Kriggerel
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.
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posted on
10/25/2019 7:40:54 AM PDT
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Kriggerel
("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
To: rlmorel
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.
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.
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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.)
To: Kriggerel
I wonder if the new beetle has a philtrum?
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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)
To: Delta 21
She looks like the Schoolyard Bully ,LOL
To: AU72
Helter Skelter. Charlie is envious.
To: Kriggerel
There’s already a dung beetle.
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10/25/2019 7:49:36 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: Delta 21
The little demon needs a good hard smack in her ugly face.
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.
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posted on
10/25/2019 7:49:50 AM PDT
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rlmorel
(Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
To: AndyJackson
Well said, my friend, well said.
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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)
To: Kriggerel
Appropriate, since she BUGS us!
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posted on
10/25/2019 7:55:46 AM PDT
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JimRed
( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
To: Kriggerel
I can see the resemblance.
Good one, Dr. Entomologist!!
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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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