Attenborough goblin spider

[nanoboy]

Sir David gets a spider named after him.

BBC News - Australian spider named after Sir David Attenborough

It looks like he is in Australia already - I can't wait to see him in 2 weeks.

 

[Chlidonias]

the article mentions an Australian fossil fish named after him as well, Materpiscis attenboroughi, but he also has quite a few other species named in his honour:

Attenborosaurus conybeari (a species of plesiosaur)
Zaglossus attenboroughi (a species of long-beaked echidna)
Blakea attenboroughi (a tree from Ecuador)
Nepenthes attenboroughii (a species of pitcher plant)

 

[nanoboy]

the article mentions an Australian fossil fish named after him as well, Materpiscis attenboroughi, but he also has quite a few other species named in his honour:

Attenborosaurus conybeari (a species of plesiosaur)
Zaglossus attenboroughi (a species of long-beaked echidna)
Blakea attenboroughi (a tree from Ecuador)
Nepenthes attenboroughii (a species of pitcher plant)

That's cool! It would have been a nice addition to the article - if the journalist had done some research.