Scientists name temperature-sensitive snail in honor of student activist Greta Thunberg
The famous student environment activist Greta Thunberg, along with winning the Time magazine Person of the Year award and a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, has now been accorded the unique honor of having a newly discovered species named after her. The creature belongs to a family of temperature-sensitive land snail and has been named Craspedotropis gretathunbergae.
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