Organisms and their names

In recent years become popular among scientists call the newly discovered species in honor of various celebrities. Many of these stars so consider it a great honor. Judging by the name of the organism under the cut, the scientists with a sense of humor all right. Arnie is probably one of the most successful people of whom you just might think. He managed to become the youngest Mr. Olympia in history, and he is often regarded as the greatest bodybuilder of all time. Then he conquered Hollywood and became one of the highest paid star fighters in history. His growing fame and numerous blockbusters, brought him a star on the Walk of Fame, not to mention the post of governor of California. But definitely we can say that he did not think that his name will inspire and science. In 2002, a rare species of beetles ground beetles was named Agra schwarzeneggeri, since males of this species are very developed medium thighs that resemble very large biceps Arnold. And they say that biologists do not like to do in the gym.





Despite the fact that the legendary frontman of the band «Queen», Freddie Mercury, was like a typical white European men, really at birth he was named Farrokh Bulsara (Farrokh Bulsara). His parents were from the tribe of Parsis from Zanzibar. In this same country it was discovered a rare species of isopod, and as Mercury is the most famous person ever lived in Zanzibar, biologists made the discovery, felt that would be fair to call this kind in his honor. Thus, Cirolana mercuryi become the second celebrity body from Zanzibar.



"The Lost World," written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was a bible for fans of dinosaurs and wildlife for more than a hundred years. It tells the story of a place, which is located somewhere in the Amazon, where dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals still exist. While such stories today sounds ridiculous, in 1912 (when the book was first published), many readers believed it was true. In 1994, two biologists named Eberhard Frey (Eberhard Frey) and David Martill (David Martill) called race-pterodactyls pterosaur after Doyle, as in his novel were detailed descriptions of the giant reptile pterosaur. Thus, Arthurdactylus conandoylei got its name trudnovygovarivaemoe.



Frank Zappa was one of the most important musicians and composers of the 20th century. He created and recorded more than 60 personal albums, collaborating with many other artists of different genres of music. Nevertheless, in spite of all his awards and musical creativity, it seems that most people remember him for his unique appearance and even more unique mustache. His mustache remember the people so much that they inspired Robert Bosmansa (Robert Bosmans) and Jan Bosselaersa (Jan Bosselaers), two biologists from Belgium, the opening of the world kind Pachygnatha zappa. They are named after him Pachygnatha zappa, a specific type of spiders, due to the unusual spider markings that resembled the famous mustache rocker.



Dizzy Dean was a great pitcher and the last person who managed to win 30 games for the season to date. Dean was known for his strong personality. Long before Muhammad Ali and Joe Namath, he boasted of his skill and make predictions for the game. It is also often disrespectful to his opponents. Unusual technologies hunting bolas spider genus Mastophoreae reminded scientists antics, playing style and talent over Dean. These spiders make a big sticky ball on the end of a short thread and also as an elite pitcher throw the ball at the approach of insects hanging on another short, horizontal lines- "trapeze". Just as Dean during its heyday Mastophora playing with his victims before killing them. It is for this reason they are called dizzydeani.



Sting is one of the greatest and most sensual rock stars in history. He used his music and talent as a weapon to bring people together through numerous charity concerts for the Third World, in cooperation with the Arab, Indian, African and Eastern European artists in an attempt to bring together different cultures. Apart from the fact that he is a great artist, Sting also a great man. Perhaps this thought and ecologists when they decided to name Sting rare Colombian tree frog, a tribute to Sting's charitable activities dedicated to the protection of tropical forests. It appeared so kind Dendropsophus stingi, which literally means "tree frog Sting."



Charlie Chaplin was one of the first Hollywood stars. He was known for his distinctive facial expressions that made the audience cry with laughter and rolling on the floor in just a minute after watching his films. Perhaps the most legendary feature Chaplin was his unusual gait, which eventually found its reflection in the scientific world. «Campsicnemus charliechaplini» is a rare species of flies, which was named in honor of the legendary actor, in a very unusual and terrible reason. When the fly is dying, her legs mean taking funny legged position, which seems to be exactly like the position of the legs Chaplin during his famous gait.



Album, U2, released in 1987 under the name "Joshua Tree» (Joshua Tree), is one of the best-selling albums in history. Around the world, it has sold more than 30 million copies of this album. "Joshua Tree" earned a Grammy Award for best album of the year, and the magazine «Rolling Stone» he brought him into the top 30 albums of all time. And even if Bono and the other members of the group expect this success, they could not imagine that the title of the album will eventually be an inspiration to the name of the morphological species of spiders hatch wafer. Due to the fact that this species has been found in the National Park, Joshua Tree (Joshua Tree National Park) in California, scientists found him called him Joshua Tree hatch spider Bono (Bono's Joshua Tree Trapdoor Spider), or abbreviated Aptostichus bonoi.



Marilyn Monroe is the prototype of a Hollywood sex symbol, all fondly remember her curves, her sultry voice and her legendary photos in the magazine Playboy. Speaking about her incredible body and bends, it seems that scientists have discovered a new species of trilobites, were fans of Monroe. They decided that the hourglass shape reminded them trilobite bends Monroe (not to mention her fifth point). So they called a trilobite Norasaphus monroeae after Monroe and gave him the name of Norma Jean (Norma Jean). Nora Norma - scientists do not see much of a difference.



Beyonce Knowles (Beyoncé Knowles) is one of the most popular performers in recent years, as well as the contender for the title held by Marilyn Monroe in the competition for the "World Cup of sexuality." It is her sexuality, and allowed her to be immortalized in the whimsical world of science. A group of researchers decided to take a previously nameless kind of gadfly, and call it Scaptia beyonceae. However, they did not have chosen this name just because they like her music, they said, this gadfly pronounced golden ass, which reminded them of Beyonce. They say that this insect is the "diva of all time among the flies."



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