Dave Mustaine: I got my own tarantula named after me!

Source. Aphonopelma davemustainei I don’t know what’s going on with scientists nowadays, they tend more and more to give name to newest species of animals or plants by well known musicians. Maybe you’ve all already read about the ferns named after Lady Gaga, now the scientist  Brent E. Hendrixson discovered a new specie of tarantula in Southwestern New Mexico and Arizona, and thought that he might name it after Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine. And…

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