{"id":413531,"date":"2022-03-08T21:50:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T18:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/prehistoric-vampire-squid-named-after-president-biden\/"},"modified":"2022-03-08T21:50:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T18:50:30","slug":"prehistoric-vampire-squid-named-after-president-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/prehistoric-vampire-squid-named-after-president-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"#Prehistoric &#8216;vampire&#8217; squid named after President Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29479ea0373\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29479ea0373\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/prehistoric-vampire-squid-named-after-president-biden\/#%E2%80%9CPrehistoric_%E2%80%98vampire_squid_named_after_President_Biden%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Prehistoric &#8216;vampire&#8217; squid named after President Biden&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CPrehistoric_%E2%80%98vampire_squid_named_after_President_Biden%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Prehistoric &#8216;vampire&#8217; squid named after President Biden&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A rare prehistoric \u201cvampire squid\u201d has been renamed \u2014 after President Biden.<\/p>\n<p><em>Syllipsimopodi bideni<\/em>, an \u201cincredibly rare\u201d fossil, had been sitting in a drawer at a Canadian university for decades before one curious scientist took a closer look \u2014 and decided to name it for the 46th president.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Whalen, a paleontologist with the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/08\/science\/vampire-squid-biden.html\">told the New York Times<\/a> he meant it as a tribute to Biden \u2014 not a slight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to somehow acknowledge the moment in a way that was more positive and forward-looking,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was encouraged by the plans President Biden put forward to counter anthropogenic climate change and his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> sentiment that politicians should listen to scientists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whalen\u2019s paper on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> species was published Tuesday in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-022-28333-5\">the journal Nature Communications<\/a> but submitted around the same time as Biden\u2019s inauguration.<\/p>\n<p><em>Syllipsimopodi bideni<\/em> roamed the Earth\u2019s oceans as far back as 300 million years ago, according to the outlet. Whalen said it is the oldest known ancestor of vampyropods, a group that includes vampire squids and octopuses. <\/p>\n<p>The 10-armed creature is the oldest known cephalopod with suckers on its arms. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-squid.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Joe Biden.\" class=\"wp-image-21455020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-squid.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-squid.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/biden-squid.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Paleontologist Christopher Whalen named the prehistoric squid after the commander-in-chief because he was \u201cencouraged by the plans President Biden put forward to counter anthropogenic climate change.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Evelyn Hockstein\/REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis was sitting in a museum since the \u201980s and no one realized it was important,\u201d Whalen said. \u201cWe chanced on that importance because I h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to notice the arm suckers.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The fossil was dug up in Montana in the 1980s and was donated to the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada in 1988, the outlet reported. <\/p>\n<p>It sat dormant until last year when Whalen and co-author Neil Landman took a new look and identified it as a new genus and the oldest cephalopod on record.<\/p>\n<p>But as rare as the find is, it is not the first species named after a US president. <\/p>\n<p>Scientists named nine different species after former President Barack Obama, including fish and lichen, and a moth and caecilian critter after ex-President Donald Trump.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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