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[Lynn Raw]

Ken,

Thanks for the explanation. I guess we herpetologists prefer to keep sober
and use spirits for preservatives instead, hence my ignorance LOL.

Lynn

>      Only indirectly.  Cuttysarkus was named for the whiskey, and the
> whiskey was named for the clipper ship.
>      Seems that something very similar happened with the dinosaur genus
> Quilmesaurus.  It was named after a popular Argentine beer, which was
named
> after the town of Quilmes, which was in turn named after the native Quilme
> Indians.
>      I guess those vertebrate paleontologists get mighty thirsty out on
> those digs, and preliminary names most likely get discussed at evening
> celebrations.  :-)