10 Sep 2016

What Could Possibly Be More Apt?

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baracktrema
Baracktrema obamai

Popular Science:

A new species of blood fluke was found infecting the lungs of turtles in Malaysia. This parasitic flatworm has been dubbed Baracktrema obamai, in honor of the President of the United States (who is the fifth cousin twice removed of one of the discovering scientists).

B. obamai is described in the August issue of the Journal of Parasitology as having a long, thread-like body. So far, it’s shown up in two freshwater turtles, the black marsh turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis) and southeast Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis).

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fjord

This has ruined turtles for me.



Paul Kerpash

Perfect, it’s a parasite!



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