A minuscule green-brown snail has been discovered in the wilderness of Brunei and has been named after Greta Thunberg.
The new species - Craspedotropis gretathunberga - is approximately 2mm long and 1mm wide with grey tentacles and a concave shell.
Researchers say they named the mollusc after the prominent 17-year-old climate activist to acknowledge the fact her generation will be responsible for fixing problems they did not create.
That's certainly one way to grab a headline or two, but maybe it is also a hint. If we follow Greta's climate narrative to its obvious conclusion then we may also have to wander around eating leaves with all our worldly goods on our backs.
"her generation will be responsible for fixing problems they did not create."
ReplyDeleteThey've also hugely benefitted from solutions they didn't create. Pre-industrial revolution Sweden, anyone? Lots of well-fed and healthy young girls making pronouncements on global issues?
Well, don't tell the French...
ReplyDeleteSam - yes it's such a weirdly ridiculous thing to say.
ReplyDeleteScrobs - yum yum.