Lou Reed Inspires Name of New Spider
A newly-discovered genus of spider has been named after rocker Lou Reed An international group of biologists recently stumbled across the never-before-seen velvet spiders, which live underground, and decided to use the former Velvet Underground frontman as inspiration when coming up with a name.
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