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George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld have had bugs named after them.


* On a more humorous note, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld have had bugs named after them. Assigned the task of naming sixty-five newly discovered species of slime-mold beetles beetles

members of the insect order Coleoptera. They are common intermediate hosts for tapeworms.


darkling beetles
this and other mealworms are common inhabitants of poultry houses and are suspected of aiding in the transmission of
, entomologists The following is a list of entomologists, people who have studied insects.
Name Born Died Country Speciality
John Abbot 1751 1840 United States
 Quentin Wheeler and Kelly B. Miller have named three species for the president, vice-president, and defense secretary: Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi, and Agathidium rumsfeldi.

Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist hu·man·ist  
n.
1. A believer in the principles of humanism.

2. One who is concerned with the interests and welfare of humans.

3.
a. A classical scholar.

b. A student of the liberal arts.
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Title Annotation:Worth Noting
Author:Gajewski, Karen Ann
Publication:The Humanist
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 1, 2005
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