Dr. Eowyn posted: "THIS IS NOT A JOKE. Kate Baggaley reports for Popular Science, Sept. 8, 2016, that a newly discovered species of parasitic flatworm has been named Baracktrema obamai, in honor of Barack Obama, the resident of the White House for four more months who the " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on *Fellowship of the Minds* <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/> New species of parasite named after Obama <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/09/09/new-species-of-parasite-named-after-obama/> by Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>
THIS IS NOT A JOKE. Kate Baggaley reports for *Popular Science* <http://www.popsci.com/newly-discovered-blood-fluke-is-named-after-obama>, Sept. 8, 2016, that a newly discovered species of parasitic flatworm has been named *Baracktrema obamai*, in honor of Barack Obama, the resident of the White House for four more months who the 5th cousin twice removed of one of the discovering scientists. The parasite, a new species of blood fluke, was found infecting the lungs of turtles in Malaysia -- a country in S.E. Asia, as is Indonesia where Obama spent part of his childhood. The scientists found clusters of tens to hundreds of the *Baracktrema obamai* eggs in the turtles’ lung alveoli -- the tiny sacs where blood receives oxygen and gets rid of carbon dioxide. How these eggs get outside to hatch and infect new hosts isn’t clear, although making the turtles cough is probably involved. In an article in the August 2016 issue of the *Journal of Parasitology* <http://www.journalofparasitology.org/doi/full/10.1645/15-893>, the scientists who discovered *B. obamai* -- Jackson R. Roberts, Thomas R. Platt, Raphael Orélis-Ribeiro, and Stephen A. Bullard -- described the parasite as having a long, thread-like body, like its namesake. [image: Plate 1_Final_JRR_Baracktrema_24 Feb 2016] <https://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/baracktrema-obamai-flatworm.jpeg> *~Eowyn* *Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>* | September 9, 2016 at 5:30 am | Tags: Baracktrema obamai <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=baracktrema-obamai>, Jackson R. Roberts <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=jackson-r-roberts>, new species of flatworm <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=new-species-of-flatworm>, Raphael Orélis-Ribeiro <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=raphael-orelis-ribeiro>, Stephen A. Bullard <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=stephen-a-bullard>, Thomas R. Platt <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?tag=thomas-r-platt> | Categories: Animals <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=185075317>, Liberals/Democrats/Left <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=115894710>, Obama <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=376320>, Science & technology <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=1749>, US Presidents <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/?cat=212737370> | URL: http://wp.me/pKuKY-zrb Comment <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/09/09/new-species-of-parasite-named-after-obama/#respond> See all comments <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/09/09/new-species-of-parasite-named-after-obama/#comments> Unsubscribe <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=1d26f3d2707c7345915d8b297361ecf7&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com&b=YYaaQi.Oa8sadg8phK%2FuWkCUHFxi%7C%5B9SmxfI-%2Fn%2FlQiUbgX%2Cq> to no longer receive posts from Fellowship of the Minds. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=1d26f3d2707c7345915d8b297361ecf7&email=bovinescatologists%40gmail.com>. *Trouble clicking?* Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/09/09/new-species-of-pa rasite-named-after-obama/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com <https://wordpress.com> -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
