In fact, naming a species is a bit like our parents naming us, which is a very exquisite thing, even more rigorous than our naming. But there are also some that seem a little bit ..."casually". Take this snake, for example.
In the forests of northeastern India, there is a pit viper, which is very similar to the blunt-tailed two-headed snake and the white-lipped bamboo leaf green, but the shape of the jaw bone and the number of teeth are very different, and after DNA testing by scientists, it was found that this is a new species discovered by humans. The new species was about to take a name, so biologists took a name — Trimeresurus salazar or Salazar's pit viper.
And this Salazar is the founder of Slytherin House in Harry Potter, and it is only mentioned in seven books! And because the symbol of Slytherin is a snake, Salazar Slytherin can talk to snakes, so the name is also ... Very good?
Didn't you expect biologists to watch Harry Potter? This obviously subverts our perception a bit.
In fact, this is not the first time that biologists have used Harry Potter names to name animals. A wasp discovered in 2014 is called the Flathead Dementor, the English name is Ampurux dementor, and this dementor is a dementor that often appears after the third book of Harry Potter; in 2016, there is a newly discovered spider called the Gryffindor Furry Spider because of its appearance like the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter.
Are biologists so skinny?
However, biologists also made an explanation, saying that the name is not only fun, but also hopes that everyone can pay attention to the creatures in nature and improve people's awareness of environmental protection. However, the names of living things need to be decided through a large number of references and linguistics, so we must also understand the difficulties of these scientists.
However, cnn in the United States also reported on the matter, but no Slytherin spoke about it...