10 things named after Sir David Attenborough

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10 things named after Sir David Attenborough
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Sir David Attenborough is accruing quite a substantial collection of things named after him. This week our favourite documentarian was the inspiration for the name of a 430 million year old fossil (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-39345146).*

And there's an an abundance of other species and objects, including a boat, that carry the Attenborough name.*

SEE ALSO: Watch Kids Narrate 'Planet Earth' (http://mashable.com/2012/04/19/kids-narrate-planet-earth/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


Here are ten of the best namesakes, starting with that fossil: *

1Cascolus Ravitis*

Cascolus ravitis is the name of the 430 million year old fossil of a one centimeter long crustacean that was found preserved in volcanic rock. The first name of the new species is the Latin translation for Attenborough. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/26/sir-david-attenborough-shrimp-fossil-list/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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