But the name will have no currency among astronomers. And there is always the risk that someone will go to a competing registry and claim your star for himself. Yet this needn't dash your hopes for cosmic immortality. If you can get in the good graces of an astronomer who's on the brink of a discovery, it's still possible to get your name on, say, an asteroid or a lunar crater. California The image of the crocodile manufacturing tears before dining on its prey has been a handy metaphor for insincerity since medieval times.
Crocodiles do apparently have lachrymal glands.
Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife scientist who's worked with crocs for 17 years, has spotted what appear to be excreted droplets around their eyes. So all that insincerity business is just a croc. Mariah Media Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction of material from any pages without written permission is strictly prohibited.