Scientists name new species of Puerto Rican water mite after JLo

July 17, 2014 4:24 AM

The music of the Bronx, New York-born entertainer who has Puerto Rican roots was a hit with the group while they wrote about their findings, biologist Vladimir Pesic said. via
posted by ellieBOA (6 comments total)

Wading for a mite, whoa-oa-oa!
posted by Renoroc at 4:51 AM on July 17, 2014 [5 favorites]

Great! Now I can expand my fan-fic into a whole new direction.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 5:44 AM on July 17, 2014

Neat. Got me wondering if there was a list somewhere of celebrity-derived organism names, and I didn't wonder very long because of course Wikipedia has one, with all the Attenborosauruses and Aleiodes shakirae and whatnot.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:18 AM on July 17, 2014

Great! Now I can expand my fan-fic into a whole new direction.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 8:44 AM on July 17 [+] [!]

Please write a parody version of Kafka's The Metamorphosis featuring JLo. Please.
posted by Fizz at 7:46 AM on July 17, 2014

They're still just Litarachna from the block
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:03 AM on July 17, 2014 [2 favorites]

100% made this post for the jokes and puns that would follow.
posted by ellieBOA at 2:03 PM on July 17, 2014 [1 favorite]