A horrible-looking lizard that died out 65 million years ago has
been named Obamadon gracilis for President Barack Obama.
Paleontologist Nicholas Longrich told the Boston Globe that
scientists from Harvard and Yale decided on the name just before
November's election. Longrich notes that "if the election had
gone the other way, I would have yanked it." Five months to the
day that a biologist attempted to disprove the existence of the
chupacabra—the mysterious, cryptid vampire that terrorizes
livestock—skeptic Benjamin Radford has put forth a theory as to
the monster's terrifying origins. Turns out some lady from
Puerto Rico had gone to the movies in the period leading up to
the first-ever chupacabra sighting.