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Hey Hey, My, My, It's Spider Man

Posted May 12, 08 2:39 PM CDT in Science & Health 

(Newser) – A new spider species has been named for rocker Neil Young, an outspoken advocate for environmental issues, Reuters reports. A biologist and Neil Young fan who discovered the species named it Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi. It's not the first such honor for a singer. A beetle was recently named Orectochilus orbisonorum after Roy Orbison

"You can give a new species just about any name you please," said the biologist. "With regards to Neil Young, I really enjoy his music and have a great appreciation of him as an activist for peace and justice."

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Neil Young performs at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada last November. A biologist has named a new species of spider after him.   (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, J.P. Moczulski)
A species of spider has been named after rocker Neil Young.   (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Neil Young's environmental activism inspired a biologist to name a new species of spider after him.   (AP Photo)
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