Harrison Ford is reacting to the latest newly discovered animal species being named after him. The 81-year-old Indiana Jones star was the namesake for a recently discovered copper-and-black snake found in Peru’s Andes Mountains.
The official name is Tachymenoides harrisonfordi. Keep reading to find out more… While hearing of the news, Harrison was perplexed over why scientists keep naming animals after him.
He’s already the namesake to an ant (Pheidole harrisonfordi) and a spider (Calponia harrisonfordi). “These scientists keep naming critters after me, but it’s always the ones that terrify children.
I don’t understand. I spend my free time cross-stitching. I sing lullabies to my basil plants, so they won’t fear the night,” he joked in a statement from Conservation International. Harrison added, “In all seriousness, this discovery is humbling.
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