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wulf
at Fri Sep 5 02:20:36 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by wulf ]
Hi folks,
well, this morning I was thinking about systematics, jobs, money and so on. Then I came up with this idea...
As there is a lot of sponsoring in all kinds of things (sports, clothes, etc.) why not also in biological systematics?
What about an institute where international taxonomists are able to do nothing more than their job, including field studies and so on. There are still a lot of species out there that are not described or not even recognized. Money comes from industrie and sponsors and all they get for their money is the name of the species. Ok, perhaps it sound a bit wired (i.e. Pogona mcdonalii or Naja ferrarii ) but what's a name today? Look at some of the names given to species today.
Taxonomists would have to worry what names to give anymore (hey Richard, this would make life easier  ). Perhaps one would find enough sponsors for years of work and there would be no worries that institutional research runs out of money anymore.
Just a thought, and not quite as serious at it seems 
Cheers,
Wulf
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 just an idea... - wulf, Fri Sep 5 02:20:36 2003
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