Comments on: Eacles Imperialis (Boing Boing Flickr Pool) http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/eacles-imperialis-boing-boing-flickr-pool.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 12:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Paul Keck http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/eacles-imperialis-boing-boing-flickr-pool.html#comment-1220266 Paul Keck Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118226#comment-1220266 Yes, and also the whole thing should be in italics- <i>Eacles imperialis</i> .  That's just how the scientists roll. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature Soapbox- the human scientific name, <i>Homo sapiens</i>, is not a plural.  You should never remove the "s" and talk about a <i>Homo sapien</i> - it just doesn't make any sense. Correct- "Just look at that <i>Pan troglodytes</i> smoking a cigarette!  Ha!  He must think he's a <i>Homo sapiens</i>!!" Incorrect: "Just look at that <i>Pan troglodyte</i> smoking a cigarette!  Ha!  He must think he's a <i>Homo sapien</i>!!" Yes, and also the whole thing should be in italics- Eacles imperialis .  That’s just how the scientists roll.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature

Soapbox- the human scientific name, Homo sapiens, is not a plural.  You should never remove the “s” and talk about a Homo sapien – it just doesn’t make any sense.

Correct- “Just look at that Pan troglodytes smoking a cigarette!  Ha!  He must think he’s a Homo sapiens!!”

Incorrect: “Just look at that Pan troglodyte smoking a cigarette!  Ha!  He must think he’s a Homo sapien!!”

]]> By: Simon Fraser http://boingboing.net/2011/09/19/eacles-imperialis-boing-boing-flickr-pool.html#comment-1218332 Simon Fraser Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=118226#comment-1218332 The second part of the scientific name (the species name) should start in lowercase, so Eacles imperials. The second part of the scientific name (the species name) should start in lowercase, so Eacles imperials.

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