Cambrian Fossil With Scissor-Like Claws Is Named For Johnny Depp
Kooteninchela deppi Imperial College London Pack it up, science, we're done here. Academy Awards continue to elude Johnny Depp, but as of today no one can say he hasn't been immortalized. A 505-million-year-old Cambrian fossil of a creature with scissor-like claws has been named Kooteninchela deppi in honor of Depp's role as Edward Scissorhands in the movie of the same name. "When I first saw the pair of isolated claws in the fossil records of this species I could not help but think of Edward Scissorhands," says researcher David Legg, who conducted the research into the fossil as part of his PhD at Imperial College London, in a statement. "Even the genus name, Kootenichela, includes the reference to this film as ‘chela' is Latin for claws or scissors. In truth, I am also a bit of a Depp fan and so what better way to honour the man than to immortalise...