A post-90s doctor named a marine creature Patrick. Is he serious? 1. Why do post-90s doctors name marine creatures Patrick Star?
A doctoral student born in the 1990s at Shanghai Jiao Tong University named a marine creature Patrick Star, and the name he named has been selected into the "World Marine Life Catalog" "In "", this doctor born in the 1990s named Patrick Star. This creature has seven very slender arms on its body, and the central disc of its body is very small. There is almost no meat on its body, except for bone plates. , the doctor said, it was named so because it lives with deep-sea sponges, so its living conditions are very similar to Patrick in the cartoons we watch, so he named it Patrick. Such a name. 2. Is what he does serious?
Many netizens have questioned the name given by this post-90s doctor. Some even think that his approach is a bit childish. After all, he is naming a species and should not be so hasty. But according to According to this doctor, this marine creature usually lives with deep-sea sponges, so it reminds us of the scene in the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. In fact, the name he gave is also very realistic. The creature that resembles a starfish is called Patrick Star. There is nothing inappropriate about it. It’s just that we all have preconceptions that it’s a name from a cartoon and shouldn’t be used to name creatures. But this name is actually very fitting. This kind of biometric. 3. How do you evaluate this naming method?
In fact, most people can understand this doctor’s naming method. After all, they are children born in the 1990s. The cartoon they were most exposed to when they were young may be SpongeBob SquarePants, and this cartoon Cartoons are also a typical representative of the biological naming process in many people's memories. In fact, it is not as complicated as we all think. As long as it can fit the creature, its physical characteristics, living habits, etc., it can be used as this kind of creature. The name is just like the name of us humans. It is just a code name. As long as you can accurately distinguish it from other creatures when you say this name, there is no need for you to put this name We take things too seriously and care too much about names. Everyone should be happy for the emergence of such a new creature, because the diversity of life on the earth seems to have become richer.