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    1. 07-11-2018, 03:40 AM #1
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      New parasite species is named after Obongo

      US scientists have discovered a new species of a parasitic flatworm that infects turtles in Malaysia, and named it after Barack Obama as a way of honoring the US president.

      The flatworm, coined Baracktrema obamai, is so unusual that it merits not only a new species designation, but its own genus, too.
      http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp...med-Obama.html
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      Will it get a Nobel Peace Prize?
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      I wonder why?
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      he was inspired to name a parasite after Obama in part because the worms "face incredible obstacles to complete their journey and must contend with the immune system of the host in order to mature and reproduce"
      Does this guy understand what he just said?
      Black privilege is getting to act like a fucking chimp in public and then having the balls to make everybody else apologize.
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      Since Obongolips is from a parasite species, I guess that's appropriate.
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