Scientist Names New Species Of Millipede After Taylor Swift
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A scientist is honoring Taylor Swift in a unique way -- naming a new species after her. It's a newly discovered millipede.
The bug has dozens of legs and is officially titled the "Swift Twisted-Claw Millipede."
Derek Hennen, a Virginia Tech researcher, says listening to Swift's music got him through grad school so he felt it was appropriate to name his discovery after her.
There's no word from T-Swift just yet.
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