Stephen Colbert to have spider named after him

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(07-17) 12:21 PDT Greenville, N.C. (AP) --
Stephen Colbert has a big decision to make: Which spider species should bear his name?
The Daily Reflector of Greenville reported Thursday that East Carolina University associate professor Jason Bond has agreed to name a species after Colbert, host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."
Bond is a biologist who specializes in spiders and millipedes. He and students study both new and known species and provide names for the new ones.
Colbert developed spider envy after learning Bond had given the name of Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi — for rocker Neil Young — to a trapdoor spider. The 44-year-old comedian demanded that a spider be named after him.
"Where's my spider?" he said. "I have lots of animals named after me: turtles, eagles, Ontario Junior League hockey mascots. The world demands an eight-legged tribute to Stephen Colbert and I do not mean another barbershop quartet."

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/07/17/entertainment/e121129D13.DTL

[BreweryYardRat]

1. Fine by me.

So long as this dude has some colleagues who'll name dung beetles, roaches, leeches, and parasites after Republicans.

[underseasurveyor]

2. Neil Young has his very own spider

"Biologist Jason Bond, who discovered a new species of trapdoor spider, opted to name the arachnid Myrmekiaphila Neilyoungi after his favorite musician."

"Young is not the first musician to have a creature named after him. A species of beetle that looks as if it is wearing a tuxedo - the whirligig beetle, or Orectochilus orbisonorum was named earlier this year after the late rock 'n' roll legend Roy Orbison and his widow Barbara."

taken from the July/August 2008 issue of Best Friends magazine