I was reading my morning CNN, all trusting, and I came across this:
New Species of Rodent Found
"The long-whiskered rodent...represents an entire new family of wildlife, the Wildlife Conservation Society said.
The kha-nyou, as local people call it, was discovered by a team of scientists in a hunter's market in central Laos, according to a news release from the New York-based group.
"It was for sale on a table next to some vegetables. I knew immediately it was something I had never seen before," Robert Timmins, a WCS researcher, was quoted as saying of his find."
Ok, first thing.
If you find it on a table for sale, you can't say you "discovered it".
That's like dropping a tampon in a teacup and calling it "found art".
Second thing.
If the indigenous people have a name for the animal, you didn't discover shit, aaight?
If you discover something that no one has ever seen before, even if it's a new microscopic bacteria, I'll be impressed.
Otherwise, go 'way kid, ya bother me.
fair enough
ReplyDeleteyeah. but what else is there to do? people are bored. discovery/(re)discovery is fun. :-)
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