I have a new goal in life. Apparently you can get new species named after you if you raise the money.
In 2005, the Wildlife Conservation Society raised $650,000 for a new monkey species in Bolivia. The primate was named after the highest bidder, Internet casino GoldenPalace.com, known for all sorts of oddball purchases including a grilled cheese sandwich half that the owner claimed bore the image of the Virgin Mary.
The monkey’s scientific name — Callicebus aureipalatii — is Latin for “Golden Palace,” but it’s informally known as the “GoldenPalace.com Monkey.”
Hmm, that’s interesting, but not as interesting as this next paragraph:
Still up for grabs is a $15,000 sea slug, a pair of bone-feeding worms for $25,000 each and $50,000 rare hydrothermal vent worm. Donors receive a framed photo of their namesake and a copy of the scientific paper that describes the species.
OMGWHAT?!?! I’ve already cleared out a space on my bookshelf for that photo. In completely unrelated news, I will be replacing all screencaps with ad units from here on out.
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Kabitzin – who has written 1971 posts on Sea Slugs! Anime Blog.
One of the founders of Sea Slugs, I handle most of the blog admin tasks while wearing my I AM BOSS shirt. I like my action series well choreographed, and my romance series extra trashy. I also have a soft spot for puns.
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“Nokia spokeswoman Jackie Evory said the company held a contest and will Latinize the winning entry, which happens to be its slogan, “Connecting People.””
They should sponsor electric-chairs using that slogan to lower the costs for executions.
I SHALL HELP YOU FUND FOR YOUR SEA SLUG!!! *drops salt on it*… opps, err!!! Not to worry! All I need to do is dilute it with sum water! *pours water on it* There! ^_^ That should do-*EXPLODES*
but you’ll still have captions, right? =3
@ Chris: I see you have a gravatar!… What is it? *is noob*
You should be able to recognize it with larger dimensions: http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/72b4146dbe097766f0927a20dae4a2dc?s=128&r=PG
Oh shit. I blew my cover!
O_O HOLY CRAP!!! *ignores picture* YOU WERE “CHRIS” AAAANNNDDDD “KURISU” ALL THIS TIME!?!?!
(no, but like seriously, I’ve read “Kurisu’s” comments on other sites, and I’m like, “Hmmm, why does this name remind me of “Chris”?…. uummm, I don’t know what to say… perhaps: “I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE!!!” XD)
Kong Functions says:
“ZERESU MOAR KURISU ZEN MITSU ZE AI”
That’s less than buying a .anime TLD…
LOL what would its name be then?
ROFL!
TIME TO MAKE DOUJINZ LOL
I thought you said dojinsheets didn’t sell!
Also, ZOMG at this plot-twist!
(hurr hurr, they’ll never know who I am!!!) (… I hope thats how you would pronounce Jesus in Japanese…Help me out Hinano!!!)
Like, what the hell Chris! I hate (and love… =3) when you do that! Its like, I’m all “WTF” and search google constantly to know what the hell you were referencing/talking about! I must admit defeat on this one… I seriously don’t know what you said/meant there
In light of this revelation, I think you should call it: Jesus-Chris
tHYUK HYUK-*EXPLODES*Edit: Oh god, I now know what you said there… *facepalm*
Now would you name it Sea Slugs or Kabitzin or wha :p
Informally, it’d have to be the seaslugteam.com sea slug. It’s important to be consistent.
Epi: Isn’t that obvious? He’d call it Bunky.
J-Man: I’m the agent Smith of the blogosphere.
That’s awesome! I’d help raise the money too, but all I have is 5 cents with me right now
WHAT THE F*CK!!! I’M TIRED OF ALL THESE NAME CALLINGS/NICKNAMES/REFERENCES/NOT PUTTING 159/DISRESPECT/PLAYA-HATIN/I-WANNA-NAME-A-SEA-SLUG/I-HAVE-MULTIPLE-PERSONAS-ONLINE/ BULLSH*T!!! HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A WHITE WANNABE GANGSTA?!?! I’ll have you know that I’m NOT white, but of latin blood! (…that doesn’t mean you can call me “J-lo” either *BA DUM PSH*)
I wouldn’t mind the name J-Mac (since Kabi-kun loves basketball! :love: )
@ blissmo: Don’t worry! His love don’t cost a thing yo!-*EXPLODES*
Wow, its basically made for you, huh?
I’m sure there’s no rush – they’re probably discovering new species all the time. Except until they get served up for me dinner. Sea slugs in claypot with mushrooms, yum!
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Hey girl hey.
White-boy wannabe gangsta, just so you get the big picture: http://www.heroicwallpapers.com/desktop/big-80s-transformers
Getting back on track, regarding the sea slug again, I’d simply call it disgusting or taking the cost into consideration how about incredible-waste-of-money.
Young Jeezy, it’s not about you today. ;P It’s about the slugs.
And speaking of, compared the the $50k vent worm it sounds like a bargain and a half. Bit of a stretch though for a crew that average .5 adsense spots per site.
@ Big Poppa: Damn son (err.. father)! Can’t ya see I’m just spreadin ma flava flav! Y’kna how I DO! /gangsta talk. Err, yea, I guess I went overboard with the “Whats My Name” biz… I’m sorry
@ Chris: Aww, thanks man! *blush* I was trying to find that Transformers pic, cause I’m like, “dayum, he looks pretty GAR”! To tell you the truth, I’m not really a Transformers fan… err, so I’m gonna take a wild guess and say that your gravatar is Megatron… (it can’t be starscream *ba dum psh*)
Edit: err.. I guess my links are somewhat NSFW! =S
Maybe if you were selling sea slug plushies…
The corruption of sea slugs is underway. I pray for the safety of that new sea slug.com icon ^_^
If I could get a hold of that Sea Slug’s name, I’d probably call it something like “Planet Hung.”
I’m with Shin…I’d definitely buy a sea slug plushie.
If the sea slug plushie is cute, I may just have to kill it …
Run sea slug (plushie) run! Now blissmo is out to kill you too!
We should gattai and face this new threat.