tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32642929.post7421535738836597503..comments2023-10-05T04:39:19.954-05:00Comments on Endangered Ugly Things: Birdhouse in your WaldrappGarfmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16057842879826183783noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32642929.post-63328026009710737282007-06-20T11:34:00.000-05:002007-06-20T11:34:00.000-05:00Hey, I ran across a possible candidate for inclusi...Hey, I ran across a possible candidate for inclusion: the Zombie Worm:<BR/><BR/>"Adrian Glover and Thomas Dahlgren tell the [BBC] journal the new species has been named Osedax mucofloris, which literally means "bone-eating snot-flower"." -<BR/><BR/>--How cool is that?! <BR/>(but not sure of endangered status...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32642929.post-1826328105411431342007-06-12T22:22:00.000-05:002007-06-12T22:22:00.000-05:00This most recent ugly thing, Geronticus Eremita al...This most recent ugly thing, Geronticus Eremita almost surely means Old Man hermit, if Geronticus comes from the Greek root I think it does. (Eremita is proper Latin, dixit my dictionary)<BR/><BR/>I only find this strange because it is a social species according to the ARKive.<BR/><BR/>-MikeProfessor Buckeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544239925859286751noreply@blogger.com