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Every Species on Earth

Posted by michael on from the mostly-bugs dept.

nickynicky9doors writes: "National Geographic News relates that scientists to date have identified less than 2 million distinct species with from 10 million to more than 100 million still undiscovered. Likening this dearth of information to doing chemistry knowing only one third of the periodic table, biologist Terry Gosliner is involved in the All Species Foundation. The foundation is attempting to discover, identify and classify every living species and place the catalogue online over the next 25 years. It is hoped new technology and new recruits to the field of taxonomy will make the timetable viable."

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  1. Pyramid Scheme by GigsVT · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Twenty-five years is one human generation," he said, "but it's six generations of students." If each successive student generation inspires similar growth in the next, "at the end of that pyramid you could have several hundred thousand new taxonomists."

    Just classify a bug and send this email to 10 of your friends, and put your name at the bottom of the list, and remove the person at the top of the list!

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  2. They can start by looking in my fridge by kvn299 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure there are dozens of unidentified species living in there...

  3. Count me out... by OblongPlatypus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hate tracking down bugs.

    What do you mean, not those kind of bugs?

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