Biologist Names ‘Neil Young’ Spider
Wowee - pretty scary!
Why all these stories about Neil Young? Is
he running for Congress?
An East Carolina University biologist has brought his admiration of Neil Young to a whole new class.
Or species, to be exact.
Jason Bond, an ECU professor of biology, has named a newly discovered trapdoor spider, Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi, after the legendary rock star.
“There are rather strict rules about how you name new species,” Bond said. “As long as these rules are followed you can give a new species just about any name you please. With regards to Neil Young, I really enjoy his music and have had a great appreciation of him as an activist for peace and justice.”
That’s cool. And now a reason for nutballs to kill spiders.
Neil also shows up at a Java conference to talk about using Java for interactive features in his new boxed retrospective. John Dvorak caught that one first time around.
An East Carolina University biologist has brought his admiration of Neil Young to a whole new class.
Or species, to be exact.
Jason Bond, an ECU professor of biology, has named a newly discovered trapdoor spider, Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi, after the legendary rock star.
“There are rather strict rules about how you name new species,” Bond said. “As long as these rules are followed you can give a new species just about any name you please. With regards to Neil Young, I really enjoy his music and have had a great appreciation of him as an activist for peace and justice.”
That’s cool. And now a reason for nutballs to kill spiders.
Neil also shows up at a Java conference to talk about using Java for interactive features in his new boxed retrospective. John Dvorak caught that one first time around.
Posted: Fri - May 9, 2008 at 06:22 AM