{"id":240826,"date":"2023-11-15T04:18:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T04:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=240826"},"modified":"2023-11-15T04:18:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T04:18:49","slug":"beetle-is-named-after-carlsberg-due-to-its-bottle-opener-genitalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/beetle-is-named-after-carlsberg-due-to-its-bottle-opener-genitalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Beetle is named after Carlsberg due to its bottle-opener genitalia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>If Carlsberg did insects! New species of beetle is named after the beer thanks to its bottle-opener shaped genitalia<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In honour of the similarity, scientists christened the bug Loncovilius carlsbergi<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They&#8217;ve also designed a bottle opener of the same shape that they plan to sell<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If Carlsberg did insects, they&#8217;d probably have genitalia shaped like a bottle opener.<\/p>\n<p>Although this wasn&#8217;t one of the variations of the Danish brewery&#8217;s famous advertising slogan, there is some truth in it.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because scientists have discovered a South American species of beetle with male sex organs that could take the cap off your favourite lager, they claim.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bug&#8217;s sexual organs are so similar that they&#8217;re traced an outline of its shape and are planning to manufacture it as a small bottle-opening key chain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the researchers have no idea why the penis of this certain beetle evolved as it did, its shape has earned the species the name Loncovilius carlsbergi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/15\/77741155-12743627-image-a-41_1699888604222.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>While the researchers have no inkling as to why the penis of this certain beetle evolved as it did, its shape has earned it the name Loncovilius carlsbergi<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/16\/77740681-12743627-Drawing_of_the_male_genitalia_of_Loncovilius_carlsbergi_which_in-m-72_1699894347451.jpg\" height=\"533\" width=\"633\"><\/p>\n<p>Drawing of the male genitalia of Loncovilius carlsbergi, which in lateral (side) view looks like a bottle opener (right)<\/p>\n<h3>Meet the\u00a0Carlsberg beetle<\/h3>\n<p><span>Name<\/span>:\u00a0Loncovilius carlsbergi<\/p>\n<p><span>Length<\/span>:\u00a00.3 of an inch (1cm) long<\/p>\n<p><span>Distribution<\/span>: Southern Andean region<\/p>\n<p><span>Distinctive features<\/span>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bottle-shaped genitalia (male)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sticky bristles on front and back legs\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new species is one of six new Loncovilius beetles described in a study by researchers from the\u00a0Natural History Museum of Denmark at the University of Copenhagen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for why it&#8217;s specifically named after Carlsberg rather than any other beer, research at the university has been recently funded by the\u00a0not-for-profit Carlsberg Foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This species is characterised, among other things, by the fact that the male&#8217;s sexual organ is shaped remarkably like a bottle opener,&#8217; said study author Aslak Kappel Hansen at the Natural History Museum of Denmark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Therefore, we thought it is obvious to dedicate this species to the Carlsberg Foundation, which has generously supported independent research for many years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Their support for various projects, expeditions, or purchase of the scientific instruments at the Natural History Museum of Denmark contributes to the discovery of new species on our planet.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/15\/77740683-12743627-image-a-28_1699887928498.jpg\" height=\"625\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have designed a bottle opening in the shape of an inset which they hope will go into production<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/16\/77740679-12743627-image-a-47_1699891928983.jpg\" height=\"956\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In general, very little is known about the Loncovilius beetles that live only in Chile and Argentina. But due to the fact that they live on flowers, they are considered quite special in their family, as the vast majority of predatory rove beetles live on the ground among dead leaves, under bark or on fungi. Pictured,\u00a0Loncovilius carlsbergi<\/p>\n<h3>REVEALED The species named after Game of Thrones characters\u00a0\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/15\/61602783-12743627-To_celebrate_the_first_episode_of_House_of_the_Dragon_MailOnline-a-43_1699889807914.jpg\" height=\"165\" width=\"274\"><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Game of Thrones characters with real-life equivalents in the animal world\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About 0.3 of an inch (1cm) long, Loncovilius beetles live only in Chile and Argentina, both in the lowlands and 8,500 feet (2,600 meters) high in the mountains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the beetles&#8217; special features is that all of their legs have sticky bristles on them, whereas other predatory beetles only have such bristles on their front legs.<\/p>\n<p>These make it easier for the beetle to stick to things and climb flowers and vegetation, which may explain why it&#8217;s found so high up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, due to the fact that they live on flowers, climate change will cause the population to shrink, the researchers say.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s worrying that nearly nothing is known about this type of beetles, especially when they&#8217;re so easy to spot \u2013 and some of them are even quite beautiful,&#8217; said\u00a0Josh Jenkins Shaw at\u00a0Natural History Museum of Denmark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Unfortunately, we can easily lose species like these before they\u2019re ever discovered.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among the other new species are Loncovilius barclayi, named after prominent British entomologist Maxwell Barclay, and\u00a0Loncovilius hammondi, after the late Peter Hammond, former beetle specialist at Natural History Museum in London.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They join other species in the\u00a0Loncovilius genus, including\u00a0Loncovilius edwardsianus, named after another\u00a0British entomologist, Edward Ernest Green.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/15\/77740685-12743627-Loncovilius_carlsbergi_is_one_of_six_Loncovilius_beetles_describ-a-45_1699890255712.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Loncovilius carlsbergi is one of six Loncovilius beetles described by the researchers in a new paper. Pictured is another,\u00a0Loncovilius edwardsianus, crawling in the leaf litter in the Valdivian Temperate Rainforest of Chilo\u00e9, Los Lagos, Chile<\/p>\n<p>Researchers hope that by immortalizing the\u00a0Carlsberg beetle in stainless steel as a bottle opener, they will spark new interest in the genus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The researchers are now working on putting their bottle opener into production.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We would like for people around the world to talk about the crisis facing our planet&#8217;s species,&#8217;\u00a0said Hansen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A move towards serious learning and awareness may be sparkled by a light chat that takes place over a beer.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new study has been published in\u00a0Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Shiny one, you are! Green beetle discovered on an Indonesian island is named after Yoda from Star Wars\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>A green, shiny beetle smaller than a fingernail was named &#8216;Yoda&#8217; due to its uncanny likeness to the diminutive Star Wars\u00a0Jedi master.<\/p>\n<p>Trigonopterus yoda is one of more than 100 new species of insect discovered\u00a0in the remote rainforests of Sulawesi in Indonesia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, the entomologists responsible for the find are Star Wars fans.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, a weevil discovered by members of the same team in Papua New Guinea was given the name of Star Wars&#8217; Chewbacca.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/16\/77745269-12743627-image-a-50_1699893719077.jpg\" height=\"458\" width=\"586\"><\/p>\n<p>With the same dull green colour and cute sticky-out ears, Yoda was a solid choice for the\u00a0Indonesian beetle<\/p>\n<p>This was in reference to the insect&#8217;s characteristically dense scales reminiscent of Chewie&#8217;s hairiness.<\/p>\n<p>Read more\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-12743627\/If-Carlsberg-did-insects-New-species-beetle-named-beer-thanks-bottle-opener-shaped-genitalia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Carlsberg did insects! 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