Important arachnid news

[Pilgrim]

A spider has been named after Neil Young, confirming that scientists are deeply bored and like oldies.

http://www.wired.com/listening_post/2008/05/new-arachnid-sp/?utm_source=Contextly&utm_medium=RelatedLinks&utm_campaign=Previous

[gweimer]

Looks like we have a trend starting.  At least we know who the audience is.

http://dinosaurs.about.com/b/2010/07/14/dinosaur-of-the-day-masiakasaurus.htm

[Rob]

Meh trolling for grants from their foundations 

[Pilgrim]

Meh trolling for grants from their foundations 

You seem to imply that this is a problem, rather than one of the major ways of attracting research money.   

[Highlander]

I'd have thought Billigatesi would have been a better bet...

[Rob]

Yeah I think I would have put my paper there too. 

[Dave W]

The article is from 2008.

[Rob]

Then I certainly would have named the spider BillGateswebmaker

[Pilgrim]

The article is from 2008.

Well....hmmmph.   

[Highlander]

That was a sting in the tail...

[Dave W]

Well....hmmmph.   

Hey, don't blame me, it's not my fault that your spidey sense took 4 1/2 years to tingle. 

[gearHed289]

And then there's this...

http://loudwire.com/swedish-scientist-names-species-after-king-diamond/

[Dave W]

And then there's this...

http://loudwire.com/swedish-scientist-names-species-after-king-diamond/

I hadn't heard this before:

"In 2006, Eriksson named a species of extinct, marine polychaete annelid worm after Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister. With the Motorhead frontman and ‘Kalloprion Kilmisteri’ now immortalized in the records of science..."

[Highlander]

Could this be the new Porn Star name fad nonsense...?

Coprinus Halfordi could be a fungi, but not my sort of fungi...