The Preacher
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A slight detour from this thread, but Star Trek related:
It's a Spider, Not a Doctor, Captain or Vulcan
Scientists in Brazil announced that they had identified three new species of spiders and subsequently named them Kirk, McCoy and Spock ...
The Roddenberryus spiders, named Kirk, McCoy and Spock after "Star Trek" characters.Credit...European Journal of Taxonomy
The trio of spiders are part of the Roddenberryus genus, a taxonomic classification named for Gene Roddenberry...
...McCoy, Spock and Kirk now belong to a family of spiders known as Caponiid, which is unique for having only two eyes instead of the more common eight, and rows of teeth, bristles, orange carapaces, pale abdomens and claws...
...It is not unusual for arachnologists to name newly identified spiders after a celebrity, pop culture icon and now, even a fictitious human-Vulcan hybrid...
...In 2022, Dr. Jäger announced that he had named a genus of spiders after the music of David Bowie, adding 54 new species including Bowie ziggystardust, Bowie majortom and Bowie heroes...
...Dr. Bonaldo said that his favorite unique names include Strotarchus beepbeep, a fast-moving spider named after the Road Runner cartoon from the Looney Tunes series, and Myrmecium oompaloompa, which mimics ants and can be found in cocoa plantations in the Brazilian state of Bahia...
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