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Yeah, this sentence: "The new species was dubbed Semachrysa jade — not after its pale green color, but after Winterton's daughter." just bothered me. A total d
by ajays 14y ago
Yeah, this sentence: "The new species was dubbed Semachrysa jade — not after its pale green color, but after Winterton's daughter." just bothered me. A total dick move by Winterton.
- wheels 14y agoIt's pretty presumptuous to call someone a dick when you know none of the details of the situation. It's entirely possible that he asked the guy if he wanted to name it and he turned it down.
- spitx 14y agoOnly if anecdotal, I find people from English speaking nations outside of North America being incredibly opportunistic in these things. This observation purely emerges from my experience.
- nilved 14y agoisn't that a bit of a generalization
- miahi 14y agoSome are in for the fame, others for the money. I find North Americans incredibly opportunistic in registering patents. A friend that does network support outsourcing was complaining that their (American) boss was setting targets on number of patents registered by their support gig.
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- orionmystery 14y agoI am the photographer. Shaun asked if it's okay to name it after his daughter. At that time, I thought it can't be named after the person who discovered the new species so I agreed. Anyway, that's in the past now. Click here to check out more images of this beautiful lacewing: http://orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/08/semachrysa-jade-new-lacewing-species.html http://orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/08/semachrysa-jade-new...
- ajays 14y agoThank you for coming here and clarifying. I hope this only encourages you to take more photographs, and one day soon you'll have a new species named after you!
- orionmystery 14y agoThank you! Oh I love nature photography, esp the smaller creatures! It will be cool to have a species named after me! :)
- mebesilly 14y agoI agree completely. Arrogant move by Winterton.