Obamadon

Meet the Obamadon...a prehistoric lizard named after President Obama:

http://news.yahoo.com/yale-names-toothy ... 15370.html


This is interesting how they name new discoveries after various Presidents and other celebrities. The freshwater Perch named after Obama, Clinton, Carter, etc., sounds a lot better than the slime-mold beetles named after Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld, lol.

I didn't know that some old sspecies were named after American presidents names ! That's a bit strange but why not ?

The name "Obamadon" sounds like something out of a Japanese monster movie. I can just see Godzilla fighting some spiky lizard monster with that name now.

I have to give these researchers points for the cool factor of the name, though. Obamadon is a much better name than those that just stick an "i" on the end of a person's name. I respect wanting to honor the politicians, but names like Cheneyi, Rumsfeldi and Jeffersonii always give me the impression that someone was butchering a language.

"Godzillobama" Would have been a great name for it, isn't it ?

I actually read a small article about this in the newspaper. Amazing that such odd news made it over here and ended up in our paper. It’s pretty cool though I’m a huge fan of reptiles prehistoric or not, so being named after one such as Obama has been would be awesome.

Also I agree that I could see such a name being given to an enemy of Godzilla.