First came The Fly, now Bono's the spider
What has eight legs, is hairy and lives in a hole in the ground? Bono, apparently.
The U2 frontman has received the honour of having a newly-discovered species of spider named after him in the US - a sub-species of the trapdoor spider, arachnid fans.
No, it has nothing to do with Bono's The Fly alter-ego, or the controversial U2-backed Spider-man musical (which is still going on Broadway).
Rather, it's a nod to U2's 1987 album The Joshua Tree, as the spider was one of three new species discovered in California’s Joshua Tree National Park, according to the Riverside-Press Enterprise.
Scientist Jason Bond of the Auburn University Museum of Natural History in Alabama named the spider - one of 33 new species identifed - in honour of the Dublin crooner.
In fact, Bond has a fondness for celebrity names, having previously christened new spider species in honour of stars including Barack Obama, Angelina Jolie and Neil Young, amongst others.
“We’ve been describing things for 250 years, almost two million species," Bond told the Press-Enterprise.
"There’s seven to 15 times as many species out there left to describe.”
Bono's spokesperson did not immediately return a request for comment.
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Looking good, Bono
