Chinese scientist names 16 new spider species in honor of famous pop musician's works
Kyiv • UNN
A professor at Tongzhen University has discovered 16 new species of spiders in China and named them after songs by Taiwanese musician Jay Chou. Among them are the “starry-eyed spider” and the “rainbow spider”.
Inspired by the songs of the hugely popular Taiwanese musician Jay Chou, a professor at Tongzhen University (southwestern China) has published a list of names of new spiders.
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“Star-eyed spider”, ‘rainbow spider’..: Mi Xiaoqi, a professor at Tongren University in southwestern China's Guizhou province, listed the newly discovered arachnids in an article published in the academic journal Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation.
His post went viral. The corresponding hashtag on the microblogging platform Weibo has received more than 26 million views since Wednesday.
One of the arachnids - Cyclosa xingqing (or Starry Mood spider), 3.5 millimeters long - is named after the hit 2000 love song from the debut album “Jay” by Chow (Taiwanese musician, producer, actor, director, winner of more than twenty international music awards).
Others are named after the same favorite tunes, including “Rainbow spider”, “Dragon Fist spider” and “Excuse spider”.
The 45-year-old man has been a household name in mainland China and beyond for more than two decades.
Now his songs will be immortalized as the names of the eight-legged animals that Mi and his colleagues recently discovered in China's Yunnan province.
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