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The post Scientists Name Spider-Killing Worm After Jeff Daniels appeared first on Consequence. When a hairy, scary spider climbs up the water spout, count on Jeff Daniels to wipe that spider out. He ...

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He's an Emmy-winning actor. A movie star. A singer/songwriter. Now, Jeff Daniels is the inspiration for the name of a tarantula-killing worm. Taranarantobelus jeffdanielsi is the moniker of a newly ...

UC Riverside parasitologist Adler Dillman confirms that the name for the newly-discovered creature was inspired by Daniels' character Dr. Ross Jennings in the 1990 film Jeff Daniels has inspired a ...