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CartBono Has Spider Named After Him
Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:53:14
U2 singer Bono is a real Spider-Man!
Biologist Jason Bond of Auburn University in Alabama has discovered 33 spider breeds and he named one Aptostichus bonoi after the Irish frontman. Remember, Bono scored the Broadway show, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, so it's only right that he is named after an arachnid.
The Bono spider is a trapdoor spider as it was found living in California's Joshua Tree National Park, which is also the name of a famed U2 album! That's even more reason to name a spider after Bono. Although if Bond wanted to get technical and really split hairs with accuracy, he would have named the spider Paul Hewson, which is Bono's real name.
May we lobby for Bond's next spider to be named after The Edge, U2's amazing guitarist?
What is your favorite U2 song?
—Maggie Pannacione
01.24.13
