▲ 136 ▼ Botanic nomenclature (lemmy.world) submitted 8 months ago by angrystego@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] lvxferre@mander.xyz 11 points 8 months ago* (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 11 points 8 months ago Looking for the backstory of the frog name, here's another gem from here. Now, the caterpillar remains alive for a while as the baby wasps eat it from the inside, bending and squirming as it becomes desiccated and dies. These wiggly movements made the scientists think of Shakira, and thus the species Aleiodes shakirae immortalized the Colombian singer in the annals of zoology. Zoologists are fun. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 11 points 8 months ago Looking for the backstory of the frog name, here's another gem from here. Now, the caterpillar remains alive for a while as the baby wasps eat it from the inside, bending and squirming as it becomes desiccated and dies. These wiggly movements made the scientists think of Shakira, and thus the species Aleiodes shakirae immortalized the Colombian singer in the annals of zoology. Zoologists are fun. permalink fedilink source parent