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  • NC biologist names trapdoor spider after Neil Young

    05/12/2008 8:42:45 PM PDT · by Liberty Valance · 10 replies · 154+ views
    The McAllen Monitor ^ | May 12, 2008 | Natasha Robinson/AP
    RALEIGH, N.C. -- You can call Neil Young the new spiderman. A biologist has named a newly discovered trapdoor spider after rock star Neil Young: Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi. The musician is "worthy of that honor" because he's been an activist for social and political issues, said East Carolina University biologist Jason Bond. Bond, 40, examined the spider in a collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York where it was identified as a new species that's indigenous to Alabama. He sent students there to collect more specimens. It's not the first time Bond has bestowed a beloved name...