From:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4443263.stm
Two US scientists have paid tribute to their favourite politicians by naming three species of beetle after them.
President George Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were all honoured.
One of the entomologists said he admired all three men for “having the courage of their convictions” and standing up for freedom and democracy.
The three beetles who now bear their names are among 65 newly discovered species which feed on mould.
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They named them Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi and Agathidium rumsfeldi.
Others were named after the scientists' wives, the Star Wars villain Darth Vader and the Greek words for “ugly” and “having prominent teeth”.
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