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Weird Animals Named After Rock Stars! - Photos

From the Bowie spider to the Roy Orbison beetle...

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Arcticalymene viciousi / Arcticalymene rotteni / Arcticalymene jonesi / Arcticalymene matlocki – In 1997 four species of extinct trilobite (a running theme with rock stars) were named after each member of The Sex Pistols – Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones and Glen Matlock respectively.

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