Singer David Bowie has had a large, yellow, hairy spider from Malaysia named after him.
A German spider specialist told the Observer newspaper he named the new species after Bowie — whose album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was a huge hit in 1972 — because he wanted to raise awareness about the discovery.
I betcha in like 15 years when your kids are just getting into music and someone asks ‘em if they have a favorite spider it’ll be this one. Good move on the spider-man’s part. I just have one question: Is it poisonous? I can’t find the answer anywhere. Anybody care to chime in?
Maybe it was just an excuse to post this:
Either way, photos from FYF Fest will be up in a few days :)
