Re: Bambiraptor feinbergi

[Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

Now don't go pooping on video games just 'cause you don't like the
name.  Don't we have a Gojirasaurus in Japan?  I think having a
Gojirasaurus, at least, is appropriate...

(I worked on a Sonic title myself...for me 'Sonic' indicates a Grande
Mal seizure-type management style -heh heh)

-Betty Cunningham

KiernanCR@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Matt Bonnan wrote:
> >>Well, Sonic Hedgehog was the name given to the hox gene that controls limb
> development, and this, as many on this list probably know, was named after
> the famous video game character.<<
> 
> And I honestly believe that this example is as absurd as the case of
> "Bambiraptor" and have made a fuss about it elsewhere. *Why* have we begun to
> think first of video games and cartoon characters when choosing new
> scientific terms?

-- 
Flying Goat Graphics
http://www.flyinggoat.com
(Society of Vertebrate Paleontology member)
-------------------------------------------<,D,><
-- 
Flying Goat Graphics
http://www.flyinggoat.com
(Society of Vertebrate Paleontology member)
-------------------------------------------<,D,><