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Post by raggedglory on Aug 1, 2008 0:49:01 GMT
Spider found in Calif. becomes Colbert's namesake 2 hours, 9 minutes ago
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A trapdoor spider species found along the coast of California last year is the new eight-legged tribute to Stephen Colbert.
ADVERTISEMENT How will the faux conservative talk show host take this news? Viewers of the Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report" will find out Wednesday when East Carolina University biologist Jason Bond appears as a guest.
Bond specializes in spiders and millipedes. He and students study both new and known species and provide names for the new ones.
Colbert's namesake is Aptostichus (ap-TAS'-tih-kus) stephencolberti. Because Colbert doesn't pronounce the "t" in his last name, it will also be silent in the spider's name.
Colbert demanded that a spider species carry his name after learning that Bond named a spider for rocker Neil Young.
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Post by Rust Never Sleeps on Aug 1, 2008 7:26:03 GMT
Where do you find this stuff?
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Post by raggedglory on Aug 1, 2008 10:52:14 GMT
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Post by rupassionate on Aug 1, 2008 23:37:36 GMT
And to see where this came from, you can view the entire Colbert show from this past Wednesday. CSN were his guests. The show was one of the funniest things I ever did see. I was kinda bummed that Colbert couldn't stop talking about Neil throughout the entire interview. I mean come on, I love Neil but CSN stands on their own imo. Watch here: www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=177345
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