Newly discovered dinosaur species named for Obama
Submitted by emalvini on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 20:32Newly discovered dinosaur species named for Obama
David Jackson, USA TODAY
4:55PM EST December 11. 2012 - Babies and pets have been named in honor of President Obama -- and now a dinosaur.
Researchers at Yale University have dubbed a newly discovered species of dinosaur -- or, if you prefer, a big lizard -- Obamadon gracilis, citing the president's broad smile, Reuters reports.
In modified Latin, Obamadon stands for "Obama's teeth," while gracilis means "slender."
"The lizard has these very tall, straight teeth and Obama has these tall, straight incisors and a great smile," said Nick Longrich, a paleontologist at Yale.
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All that pandering...
for another measly $10,000 in federal grant funding.
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Ron Paul: "If you ever can bring about revolutionary changes two things would be required: young people... and music."
give all the dino fossil names to dems and all the rhinos to gop
how's that
Some Rinos are as bad as some blue dog demos
what do you think about that..