And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
This bird's common name commemorates the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.[2] zoologist (1778–1858). So the common name was applied as a celebration of another naturalist.
This is customary in taxonomic culture. Common names usually do not count much at all ... the genus and species are the important thing.
Oh heck! Just put a small coat of leather armor on and call it the Samurai bird.
ReplyDeleteI thought same thing
Deletemust be from texas (longhorn)
ReplyDeleteI think he taught my Statistics class in college
ReplyDeleteAlan E.
Such a distinctive bird and all the discoverer could think was to name it after himself. Imagine achieving noteriety through a bird.
ReplyDeleteI think I would name it, Nope Not Me Someone Else lark.
This bird's common name commemorates the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.[2] zoologist (1778–1858). So the common name was applied as a celebration of another naturalist.
DeleteThis is customary in taxonomic culture. Common names usually do not count much at all ... the genus and species are the important thing.
Belligerent-looking little shit...
ReplyDeleteYou expected something different from a dinosaur ?
DeleteWhat are you looking at???
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