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This lines up with how it took 300 years for the giant tortoise to receive a scientific name. The process to get this required delivering a specimen back to En
by galuvian 3y ago
This lines up with how it took 300 years for the giant tortoise to receive a scientific name. The process to get this required delivering a specimen back to England, and they were just too delicious.
- _whiteCaps_ 3y agoQI had some great discussions on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPggB4MfPnk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPggB4MfPnk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsoWLFbnFIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsoWLFbnFIk
- Symbiote 3y agoIs it true? There are museum record of skeletons from the early 19th century, which is around the right time, and there are Latin names from around then too.