HARRISON FORD HAS NEW SPECIES OF SNAKE NAMED AFTER HIM
Written by Lola Narawa on August 20, 2023
Harrison Ford’s legendary Indiana Jones character may fear snakes, but the actor now has a real reptile named after him.
A new-found species of snake in Peru has been named Tachymenoides harrisonfordi to honour the actor’s environmental advocacy.
Ford, who is the vice chair of non-profit group Conservation International, called it “humbling”.
“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 said.
Unlike his daredevil archaeologist character, Ford has repeatedly said he liked snakes and “found a quick kinship with this one”.
SOURCE-BBC NEWS
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