"Punk rock" snail named for Clash's Joe Strummer

[Luminous Animal]

Last edited Wed Dec 17, 2014, 12:42 AM - Edit history (1)

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-punk-rock-joe-strummer-snail-20141216-story.html

Scientists have named a spiky shelled, deep-sea snail after Joe Strummer, the late lead vocalist and guitarist from the famed British punk band the Clash.

The researchers say the name highlights the "hardcore" nature of the snail, now known as Alviniconcha strummeri, which lives in one of the hottest, most acidic environments on the planet -- right up against hydrothermal vents in the Indian and western Pacific oceans.

[scarletwoman]

1. Too cool! Rec for the Clash! nt

[Luminous Animal]

3. This really made me happy. I miss his voice… his point of view. (Added a pic)

[yallerdawg]

2. For all those punk rock snails who live in a hardcore hostile environment!

[cascadiance]

4. Joe's parents worked just down the street from me in the British embassy when I was a kid...

... living in Turkey, where Joe was born.

I still wonder if I might have bumped in to Strummer there at times when I lived there and he was there and not too far from the British school there too. Eventually we went back to boarding school in London though before he helped start the Clash then.

Love the Clash's music always! Joe left us too soon!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. Kicking for Joe and posting this for his fans:

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[Luminous Animal]

6. The best show I've seen in my life was The Clash with English Beat opening.

[Skittles]

7. Mr. Strummer would have loved that

yes indeed

[lovemydog]

8. Joe would have loved it.

I have a plaque in his name, thanking me for donating a tree. It's for a foundation his wife set up at his request, to get a tree planted. He loved the environment.

What's my name.

[corkhead]

9. needless to say I heartily approve

[True Blue Door]

10. More a Dead Kennedys guy myself.

"I fought the ocean and, I won!"

[Javaman]

11. "This is a public service announcement...with snails!" nt

[etherealtruth]

12. This honestly made me LOL!!!!