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New Tarantula (Not Beetle) Named After John Lennon.
Scientists discovered Bumba lennoni living in the Brazilian Amazon.
National Geographic.
PUBLISHED OCTOBER 22, 2014
Imagine a world where a spider is named after John Lennon—because now there is.
Bumba lennoni is a new species of tarantula that lives in the Amazonian state of Pará, Brazil, according to a study published October 20 in the journal ZooKeys.
Though not particularly large—its body is about 1.3 inches (34 millimeters) wide—the newfound arachnid belongs to the same family as the dinner-plate-size Theraphosa blondi, the world's largest spider.
Called the goliath birdeater, that spider can reach lengths of a foot (0.3 meter) and weigh six ounces (170 grams).
"I have been waiting for a while to dedicate a species to Lennon because I am a fan of the Beatles," study leader Fernando Pérez-Miles, an entomologist at Uruguay's University of the Republic, wrote in an email. "I decided not to wait anymore."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...-species-john-lennon-spiders-animals-science/
Scientists discovered Bumba lennoni living in the Brazilian Amazon.
National Geographic.
PUBLISHED OCTOBER 22, 2014
Imagine a world where a spider is named after John Lennon—because now there is.
Bumba lennoni is a new species of tarantula that lives in the Amazonian state of Pará, Brazil, according to a study published October 20 in the journal ZooKeys.
Though not particularly large—its body is about 1.3 inches (34 millimeters) wide—the newfound arachnid belongs to the same family as the dinner-plate-size Theraphosa blondi, the world's largest spider.
Called the goliath birdeater, that spider can reach lengths of a foot (0.3 meter) and weigh six ounces (170 grams).
"I have been waiting for a while to dedicate a species to Lennon because I am a fan of the Beatles," study leader Fernando Pérez-Miles, an entomologist at Uruguay's University of the Republic, wrote in an email. "I decided not to wait anymore."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/...-species-john-lennon-spiders-animals-science/
