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Obama & Attenborough Get New Species Named After Them

Scientists have just discovered the fossils of two bizarre new creatures that roamed the oceans 500 million years ago. Obamus Coronatus and Attenborites janeae, named after former President Barack Obama and naturalist Sir David Attenborough respectively, were discovered by scientists from the University of California Riverside.
Obamus Coronatus was a small disk-shaped creature less than two centimetres big and didn't move much, while Attenborites janeae was also egg-shaped and also really tiny. Both of the fossils were found in the Flinders Ranges region of southern Australia.
Researchers say the animals are apart of a collection of other soft-bodied organisms preserved as fossils, but the new creatures are unlike any type of life described before.
(_Image: Obamus coronatus, left, and Attenborites janeae_)

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Cool, David Attenborough, respect that man

Luminee:
Cool, David Attenborough, respect that man

I learnt a lot of things from watching his documentaries. I learnt more from him than all my biology teachers!

chrisbaxtian:
I learnt a lot of things from watching his documentaries. I learnt more from him than all my biology teachers!

My brother no be only you, mehn that man practically knows everything, he is undoubtedly intelligent.

I have series of his documentaries till date

Luminee:
My brother no be only you, mehn that man practically knows everything, he is undoubtedly intelligent.

I have series of his documentaries till date

really?! I would love to have them in my archive! channels television used to air them those days (but not anymore). my love for wildlife documentaries haven't died yet. I still watch every now and then

chrisbaxtian:
really?! I would love to have them in my archive! channels television used to air them those days (but not anymore). my love for wildlife documentaries haven't died yet. I still watch every now and then

Yea, I do in series Earth, Desert, Rain Forest, Seasons, etc.. I would have uploaded but the size is in Gigs. Maybe we could meet someday