Spidey senses: NEIL YOUNG
May 21st, 2008 at 1.39am (News)
What news, my friends. Neil Young now has another interesting ‘accolade,’ if you can call it that, to add to his collection; a new species of trapdoor spider was christened this week in tribute as Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi. The spider was discovered by an East Carolina University scientist in Jefferson County, Alabama.
This rather odd naming follows in the footsteps of a recent naming of a species of beetle after the late Roy Orbison (Orectochilus orbisonorum).
I swear, news gets weirder every day.
Tags: neil young, roy orbison
barbara said,
May 23, 2008 at 9.19pm
I swear I am not dying till they name a spider after me.
Ruh said,
May 24, 2008 at 11.39am
The ultimate honour: a living thing that can be killed with a can of Raid, bearing your name. How poetic.