Rare Spider Named After David Bowie

[Cargando]

I'm having an internal conflict here, on the one hand I want to say it's awesome! On the other hand my inner scientist says it's a shameful debasement of the field.

 

[Asymptote Angel]

Cool. As under-appreciated as Bowie is, any recognition is good in my book.

 

[Last of the Chinchillas]

Spoiler: The Spider

Spoiler: David Bowie

I definitely see the resemblance...

The main difference being that one will haunt my nightmares and the other is a spider.

 

[AceDiamond]

I would've thought they'd wait until they had proof spiders existed on Mars at some point in the past. Then again maybe that'll be Heteropoda ziggystardust

 

[LTK_70]

Best. Taxonomist. Ever.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Wow, they have completely thrown Latinized binomial nomenclature out the window. They should have at least gone for Heteropoda goblinking.

that's actually pretty common when using real names, tho i think it would be Heteropoda davidbowiei or Heteropoda davidbowi in latin and leaving as his name isn't that bad. if you look at the Cleese's Wolly Lemur it is Avahi cleesei

also the Stephen Colbert spider is called Aptostichus stephencolberti and the Neil Young Spider is Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi

so i think the ie on the end would be ok, tho my latin is a bit off

 

[JaredXE]

Umm, I kinda WANT arachnids to go extinct.......now. Like RIGHT NOW.

But I love David Bowie.

 

[zoozilla]

I didn't know that insects/arachnids were not part of the Endangered Species list.

Seems like a pretty big omission - there has to be at least one end-of-the-world film that has to do with the disappearance of bugs.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Funk, that picture of Bowie makes me uncomfortable in a horrible assortment of ways. You must be destroyed.

[small]And I'll get around to that as soon as I'm done applying this belt sander to my brain.[/small]

Umm, I kinda WANT arachnids to go extinct.......now. Like RIGHT NOW.

Without spiders, we'd be up to our nostrils in so many kinds of creepy, icky insects before you could say "Raid". They may be creepy, but they're working hard to keep your picnics fly-free.

Besides, if you don't respect them, they won't respect you.

Spoiler: And there's nothing worse than a spider giving you the raspberry.

 

[Treblaine]

When I was doing my Biochemistry course in Uni, one of my lecturers said that if you discover a new species and document it properly then you can name it whatever you like and the name will remain forever. Or at least until the "next great extinction".

Apparently beetles are the favourite target as due to an interesting quirk of nature there is almost an infinite number of different species of beetle, in fact on jungle expeditions it is hard to find a species of beetle that HAS been categorised already.

 

[Lusperus]

Well I find it awesome, I listened to david bowie via my parents old records and have a ZSATSFM right on my wall.

 

[AvsJoe]

Spoiler: The Spider

Spoiler: David Bowie

I definitely see the resemblance...

The main difference being that one will haunt my nightmares and the other is a spider.

But which one is which? I still can't tell which one is David Bowie. It's like I'm seeing double!

 

[siffty]

that will be the strangest thing you will say in a hospital "HELP i got bitten by david bowie"