A newly discovered amphibian is about to be officially named Dermophis Donaldtrumpi, after the incumbent US president. The people who picked the name say its behavior reminds them of Trump’s stance on climate change.
The caecilian amphibian, which looks like a 10-cm earthworm, is said to be blind, and displays the interesting trait of burrowing into the ground with its head.
Right after the species was discovered, the naming rights were auctioned to raise money for the Rainforest Trust. EnviroBuild, a sustainable building materials company, paid $25,000 at the auction for the right.
“It is the perfect name,” says Aidan Bell of EnviroBuild.
“Caecilian is taken from the Latin caecus, meaning ‘blind’, perfectly mirroring the strategic vision President Trump has consistently shown towards climate change.”
Trump has long been skeptical that climate change is driven by humans, and the topic is still often debated. Critics of the idea say that the climate on Earth undergoes extremely long-term oscillations, and, compared to natural processes, human activity is barely a drop in the sea. The UN, on the other hand, accepts climate change as a human driven and serious problem, and has attempted to enact global-scale environmental initiatives to combat it.
Source: Sputnik
