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kosh
05-12-2008, 01:50 PM
and its from Alabama!!!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080512/sc_nm/young_dc_2;_ylt=An456gjEqQP2tPQCrrRGhDcE1vAI
Fingolfin
05-14-2008, 12:42 PM
Right on Neil!!! :)
Brent H.
05-14-2008, 03:32 PM
I collected the specimens used for the photos at the various press sites - it's a nice spider!
8+)
05-14-2008, 10:28 PM
That's awesome, and it really is a cool spider! :clap:
dtknow
05-16-2008, 09:35 PM
Can I express the opinion that this name(and the other one mentioned in the article on the whirlilig beetle) is a sign of taxonomy going down the tubes?
Pulk
05-16-2008, 10:21 PM
Can I express the opinion that this name(and the other one mentioned in the article on the whirlilig beetle) is a sign of taxonomy going down the tubes?

yes... please :)
MaartenSFS
05-17-2008, 01:08 AM
Amen. With the invention of hiphop and baggy trousers civilisation has been on a downward spiral ever since.. This latest news doesn't surprise me in any way.
dtknow
05-17-2008, 01:11 AM
I pity the biologist 15 years from now looking into a collection of type specimens and trying to find the "Neil Young Spider".

Seriously though. Descriptive names, names denoting origin, or even allusions to greek etc. I understand. Naming it after someone is respectable occasionally, but now a lot of it is a bunch of politics.
Sabatta
05-18-2008, 04:07 AM
Amen. With the invention of hiphop and baggy trousers civilisation has been on a downward spiral ever since.. This latest news doesn't surprise me in any way.

Haha. I don't see how the two are related but okay.

I agree that Neilyoungi is a silly name. Scientific names should sound more scientific like with Latin or Greek derivitives. I mean what's next? Ilikepeanutbuterandjellysandwichesi? Or a scientist popping the question Bonniewillyoumarrymei? Wait till marketing companies exploit this as a new niche with Molsonexporti and Dominostwistybreadi. OMG there's no end!
[/sillyrant] :p