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Weird Animals Named After Rock Stars! - Photos

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

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Zappa – A genus of goby, a species of fish, also takes its name from Frank Zappa. Ed Murphy who christened the little slimy thing said the reason he named it Zappa was because “I like his music.” Please note it's not the above shark. We've included this image because we like it.

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