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A Far Side comic led to the naming of a part of the Stegosaurus' tail. "Now this end is called the thagomizer... after the late Thag Simmons" https://en.wikip
by sprice 7y ago
A Far Side comic led to the naming of a part of the Stegosaurus' tail.
"Now this end is called the thagomizer... after the late Thag Simmons"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer
- davidw 7y agoYeah I think that's somehow cooler than the species. There are a lot of obscure species that get named for someone, but being the guy who named something that every kid is familiar with... that's pretty cool! (And I came here to post about that too).
- dmix 7y agoThis one is a goodie https://shoeuntied.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/fs16.jpg https://shoeuntied.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/fs16.jpg
- heavyset_go 7y agoThere is at least one species named as an homage to Gary Larson, too.