How dare you! Climate-sensitive snail named after Greta Thunberg
Greta is apparently “delighted” to have the snail named after her, the team claims.
“Naming this snail after Greta Thunberg is our way of acknowledging that her generation will be responsible for fixing problems that they did not create,” said J.P. Lim, who found the first specimen of the species.
It’s not the first tiny creature named after the climate crusader, who previously had a beetle named after her.
Moving images!The wonderful @AukeFlorian made this research trailer for us, using great macro and drone footage by @RivieraMacro, to introduce to the world the new snail named in honour of @GretaThunbergpic.twitter.com/6r7vZHW5Kx
— Taxon Expeditions (@TaxonExped) February 20, 2020
While many stunninglyoriginal online comedians repeated the same joke ad nauseam saying, “I can see the resemblance,” or something to that effect, others opted instead for the trusty GIF to express their feelings about the discovery and its connection with the child climate activist.