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New Lemur Species Named After John Cleese

Posted by Zonk on from the say-no-more dept.

FruFox writes "A new species of wooly lemur has been named in honour of John Cleese in recognition of his work to protect lemurs in general. According to the article, the lemurs don't walk, per se, but have known to do some very silly walks. Good show." From the article: "The avahi cleesei, which weights less than two pounds and eats leaves, was discovered in Western Madagascar in 1990 by a team led by anthropologist Urs Thalmann and his colleague Thomas Geissman of Zurich University."

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  1. Don't expect to be seeing by jpetts · · Score: 5, Funny

    any parrots named after him any time soon...

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  2. He's a lemur fan by blamanj · · Score: 5, Informative

    In fact, if you go to his site, the first thing you are invited to do is "click on the lemur".

    1. Re:He's a lemur fan by D-Cypell · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not me. The first thing I am invited to do is "download the plugin".

  3. There is already a Parrot named after Cleese by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A relative of the Norwegian Blue, I believe.

  4. Dear Sirs, by phrotoma · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish to protest in the strongest possible terms about the news item which you have just poasted about the lemurs "walk silly". Some of my best friends are lemurs, and only a FEW of them are have silly walks.

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  5. Re:Bah, it's not even his real name... by drewness · · Score: 5, Informative

    FYI, his real name is John Cheese, he adopted the professional name John Cleese.

    No. His father changed his family name from Cheese to Cleese in 1915, and so it already had been changed when John was born in 1939.