Scientists named a new snake species after Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford, whose character is ophidiophobic. Actor comments on honor.
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. The character's pop culture reverence goes beyond into other sciences, ironically in herpetology with a new snake species named after the actor. One of the distinguishing characteristics of the whip-wielding and fedora-wearing adventurer is his ophidiophobia, or the fear of snakes. Published in , researchers discovered a new species of snake in Peru's Andes mountains. They named the variety after Ford due to honor his decades of environmental advocacy and work as the vice chair of Conservation International.The species is called"Tachymenoides harrisonfordi" and is described as a type of slender snake that measures 16 inches long.
: Helena and Indiana Jones in Lucasfilm's INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY. ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved. "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,"
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