Why Sea Creature Was Named After Barack Obama

June 21, 2018

Former President Barack Obama and a newly discovered sea creature fossil have more in common than you might think. They share a name! The fossil is now being called "Obamus coronatus" to honor Obama's love of science. The tiny, disc-shaped animal spent its entire life embedded on the ocean floor, according to scientists. Researchers from the University of California-Riverside believe it most likely never moved. InsideEdition.com's Keleigh Nealon (http://twitter.co.m/KeleighNealon) has more.

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