Beijing, Jan 4, 2025 (AFP) - Spinning a tune: Chinese scientist names new spider species after pop songs

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A Chinese scientist has named 16 new spider species after songs by popular "Mandopop" musician Jay Chou. Mi Xiaoqi, a professor at Tongren University in China's southwestern Guizhou province, listed the newly discovered arachnids in a paper published in the academic journal Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation. The paper, published in December, has gone viral since being discovered by netizens this year, with a related hashtag on micro......

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