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Funny man Stephen Colbert inspired a Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor last year. And now, a new species of spider will be named after him!

East Carolina University associate professor Jason Bond has offered to name one of 27 new species of trapdoor spider after Colbert.

The biologist recently named one for legendary Canadian rocker Neil Young, Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi.

Colbert demanded one, too.

"Where's my spider?" he said on his show. "I have lots of animals named after me: turtles, eagles, Ontario Junior League hockey mascots. The world demands an eight-legged tribute to Stephen Colbert and I do not mean another barbershop quartet."

Bond told Colbert he could choose one of 27 trapdoor spiders and his choice will be named Aptostichus stephencolberti.

The professor reportedly said, "Because names are important, it is quite an honor … I wouldn't name a species after him if I didn't think it was appropriate."

Hey Professor Bond…we want a spider named after us too!

[Image via WENN.]

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    1. maria says – reply to this


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      FIRST BITCH.

    2. Eddie says – reply to this


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      hahaha thats awesome

    3. dm says – reply to this


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      first

    4. Shan says – reply to this


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      This is old news. It was on his show a few weeks back.

    5. Huh? says – reply to this


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      Does he not look like Bob Saget?

    6. funny says – reply to this


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      that's hilarious. once you discover something you can name it whatever the hell you want. We learned about a signalling protein in the human body called SONIC HEDGEHOG discovered by a young grad student, and named so for the obvious reason.

    7. Anonymous says – reply to this


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      Fat fucking chance.

    8. Mrs F says – reply to this


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      I hate this ass clown!
      HE IS NOT FUNNY!-just annoying

    9. JimJa says – reply to this


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      Who effing cares if you are first?? This is a pretty cool story-nice change of pace!

    10. mare says – reply to this


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      i named my grey zebra finch after him.
      the other finch's name is amy (after amy sedaris)



    11. 11

      He looks like Bob Saget.

    12. Caitl says – reply to this


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      This was a long time ago.

    13. mattt says – reply to this


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      this happened a while back, and did you not read the "because names are important" part, so basically theres no way one will ever be named after you



    14. 14

      He looks like Bob Saget.

      Don't worry perez, I have a kitten named after you :]

    15. Skoot says – reply to this


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      YAY! I went to ECU and I love Stephen Colbert! Go Pirates - ARGHHHH!

    16. x says – reply to this


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      perez this is soo olddd

    17. Steph says – reply to this


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      maybe if they found a new species of a big fat gay pig they would name it after you…

    18. betch says – reply to this


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      Re: mare –
      I love amy sedaris!!
      Strangers with Candy forever!
      "I like the pole and the hole"

    19. Steve says – reply to this


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      What an odd looking man.

    20. babyg says – reply to this


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      COOL.

    21. love says – reply to this


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      I LOVE STEPHEN COLBERT!!!!!!! I wish he existed in real life

    22. haha says – reply to this


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      Re: Steph – haha you made me laugh out loud with that comment

    23. m. says – reply to this


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      I've never commented on this site.
      but this is ridiculously old "news".
      this whole thing went down on his show like a month ago.

    24. James says – reply to this


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      Way to report old news Perez. This was definitely on his show weeks ago. Drop the ball much do we?

    25. yoboy says – reply to this


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      Perez God this is SO OLD!!! i am starting to lose faith in you

    26. as;df says – reply to this


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      Sorry Perez, he is actually really talented. We could name a pet pot-bellied pig after you though.



    27. 27

      uhh this was on an episode like a month ago. a bit behind are we?

    28. marie says – reply to this


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      stupid spiders…why are there more of them now?

    29. NWO says – reply to this


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    30. BREE says – reply to this


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      Old Old Old News..just like you Perez.

      drfunkenberry . com is the future

      A spider is named after you already the P— Willow lol

    31. Aerie says – reply to this


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      Thanks for the Colbert fix, Perez. I have a HUGE crush on him. He's smart, has a wicked, fearless sense of humor, and to top it all off, is married with three kids. He just seems like an all around standup guy.

    32. mekma says – reply to this


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      Fuck yeah…. Go Pirates….. WOW I spent 6 years at ECU, I didn't know they had a biology department

    33. lula says – reply to this


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      STEPHEN COLBERT…CALL ME!!!! 1-800-Iluv-you
      You are brilliant and zexy! I have fantasies of rubbing that red "Wrist strong" bracelet of yours and I also have a fantasy of me-just me cuz I know ur married-in your studio getting NASTAY!
      .
      p.s. I'm a good babysitter, CALL ME!!
      love, Tallulah

    34. miho says – reply to this


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      Japanese ladies love Colbert

    35. lula says – reply to this


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      Was that wrong of me to tell you about my nasty masturbation fantasy in your studio (on the floor, not really on your chair at your desk, I don't want to bump the desk and hurt my hand) and then ask to babysit your children? I mean, now that I read it, I have some concern that you won't hire me to babysit your chilren. I'm really good with children, though! I like to play Republican-Republican-Republican-Democrat (duck duck goose but with a political slant) and I like to teach them how to knit or how to just shut the hell up and sit still while I knit–that is a good skill, is it not? Please, Stephen Colbert, consider me for a babysitting position at your organization. Just because I masturbate, does that mean I am not human? Nor a good babysitter?

    36. anony says – reply to this


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      dayym! this dude looks exactly like bob saget from full house….

    37. ivana says – reply to this


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      Perez–MORE COLBERT! Petroleum Engineers in Alaska love Colbert!

    38. erika says – reply to this


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      hahaha! thats sooo cool! i wish i got something named after me! cept not a spider…i hate spiders…maybe a fish or a bird!

    39. info says – reply to this


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      @"Hold Me Like A Bowling Ball Daddy"

      He can bend and tuck his ear in… then pop it out!

      Perez is a celebrity parasite.

    40. steph says – reply to this


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      This is old news. Plus, Colbert made is hilarious on his show.
      Slow news day, Perez?

    41. WOOHO says – reply to this


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      this was news two weeks ago fatass!!!!
      after you?
      wouldn't some sort of gay rat be more appropriate?
      mariohomofecalecti

    42. merry says – reply to this


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      Re: Aerie – omg, I have a crush on him too! Are we weird, or is everyone else???I Love him and Love Perez too!!!! (but I love perez like a brother though.
      practice tolerance and acceptance - everyones life is equal to your own.



    43. 43

      He's hot.

    44. Lala says – reply to this


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      I love this Man!

    45. Aerie says – reply to this


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      Re: lula –
      LOL, lula, thanks for the giggle. You're almost as funny as he is! And believe you me, I know where you're cumming from…

    46. Aerie says – reply to this


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      Re: merry –
      Well, so far there's you, lula, BARBIE and me. And lula's got it BAD! There MUST be others out there. HIs smile makes me melt!

    47. why? says – reply to this


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      Why do YOU speak like this? "WE" YOU might have a prob! Sorry!

      "we want a spider named after us too! "

    48. ?hold says – reply to this


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      To "HOLD ME"
      You are a sick FUCK!

    49. ?lu says – reply to this


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      Re: lula – You are a sick Fuck!

    50. NO! says – reply to this


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      Re: Aerie – OMG don't encourage that sicko!

    51. Anne says – reply to this


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      I love that guy so much, but that was a LONG time ago.

    52. me says – reply to this


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      stephen colbert has enligtened us all by showing that spider names can be completely ridiculous and yet still scientific sounding.
      you gotta love it.

    53. Aerie says – reply to this


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      Re: NO! –
      "OMG don't encourage that sicko!"
      ,
      You mean lula? Her posts are wicked funny. I bet even Colbert himself would appreciate them! Although I can't imagine how "she" would hurt "her" hand, um, "sitting" at his desk…

    54. Lula says – reply to this


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      Stephen Mr. Colbert,
      Just a friendly reminder: you have not called yet! I just checked my phone and everything is plugged in properly. My babysitting schedule is getting pretty booked now since people on Perez know what a great babysitter I am with such politically-minded games, so you better call soon to let me know where and when I need to show up. Afterwards, you can let me into your studio. You don't have to wait around because I have cab fare. Thanks! Talk to you soon.
      Love, Tallulah



    55. 55

      i love stephen :D

    56. Lula says – reply to this


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      Re: Aerie – Well, I do have some concern about my wrists. I was just diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. Don't want to bump them on the desk. Must be all the "knitting" (i.e. actively "fantasizing" about the Wrist Strong bracelet). I have some…objects…that require I have….room to move. I suppose I don't have to bring them since they are quite cumbersome to carry around in my bag and I wouldn't want Colbert's children to find them when I am babysitting. Anyway, I am super happy to have found YOU! –another smart person in this world who finds Stephen Colbert all kinds of amazing (incredibly) rolled into one person.

    57. katie says – reply to this


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      He looks like Bob Saget

    58. megan says – reply to this


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      Ohhh I go to East Carolina University! coooooooooool

    59. Mike says – reply to this


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      Hey Perez how about you stick to news that has happened THIS week not weeks ago. This is freaking old news. Come on now you are slacking BIG TIME. Get back to work and report on new news.

    60. Chris says – reply to this


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      Yeah! Go Pirates! I live in Greenville, bitches!

    61. yourm says – reply to this


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    62. 62

      Ha ha, funny! Didn't he get a Canadian national holiday after him too?

    63. Aerie says – reply to this


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      Re: Lula –
      Oops, so sorry, Lula…I didn't mean to call into question your femininity. You must have a very, uh, vigorous technique.
      As for our mutual admiration of the awesomeness that is Stephen Colbert, perhaps the old cliché says it best: Great minds think alike! (Please note my use of the French, I think Stephen would approve).

    64. Jamie says – reply to this


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      OLD NEWS! Hey Perez, you're getting slow in your old age!

    65. eaj says – reply to this


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      NICE!!! East Carolina is showin up on the map!!! Great job spider guy!

    66. jj wi says – reply to this


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      He is soooooooooooo handsome and smart.
      S.C. is "uber" man.

    67. STC says – reply to this


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      Re: Aerie –
      Ditto. I have a mad crush on this man. Ridiculously smart, friendly, funny, down-to-earth, and Christian. He's very family-oriented. My mother knows him from back in his early days in South Carolina. Great guy!

    68. al says – reply to this


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      Jesus Perez! That was on t.v. almost a month ago, get with the times! Get a tivo!

    69. duh says – reply to this


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      and what would they name that one?
      Aptostichus fatfuckingpieceofshiti?

    70. Tap W says – reply to this


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      Stephen Colbert is ridiculously overhyped and overrated. He has WRITERS, people, and he plays the same schtick over and over and over. He is not particularly funny or talented. You want comedic genius, check out Craig Ferguson.

    71. boo says – reply to this


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      Re: Tap W – yawn. you are boring me. please find yourself some new writers.

    72. Aerie says – reply to this


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      Re: STC –
      Men with principles (who don't take themselves too seriously, of course) are so sexy! His performance at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 2006 is what really earned my respect. It was both incredibly brave and shockingly, dead-on hilarious. It took real guts to get up there and lampoon the media and the president the way he did.
      I love that he's a family man with a social conscience who taught Sunday School, but he's also sort of a badass! Yummmmeeee!

    73. Lola says – reply to this


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      eww

      hairdye and make up much ?

      Creepy Crawly

      Just right for PerezHilton.com

    74. eats says – reply to this


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    75. Erin says – reply to this


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      Go Pirates!!!! ARGHHHH!

    76. MKay says – reply to this


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      Re: Tap W –

      Is that you Craig Ferguson?

      Perez your spider could be called "Fatso hypocriti"

    77. kj@ec says – reply to this


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      I've taken Dr. Bond's biology class at ECU… he definitely is a strange person and this story doesn't surprise me at all



    78. 78

      why do i find him so sexy?

    79. lizzo says – reply to this


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      hahaha
      perez!
      i was at the taping of the show like 3 weeks ago
      keep up!
      love you!

    80. Hot says – reply to this


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      Myrmekiaphila HotBitch, it it's named after Colber(t)!

    81. amii says – reply to this


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      Perez, bad form! You are nowhere near the talent of Neil Young and Stephen Colbert. If they named a spider after you, it would be the ultimate insult to those two incredible entertainers. Remember your place, please. You don't entertain, you post pictures of entertainers.

    82. ash says – reply to this


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      Stephen is so sexy and funny, I have such an old man crush on him.. mmmmmm baby!

    83. shay says – reply to this


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      this was in the news a really long time ago perez. at least a month

    84. fh says – reply to this


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      He was my professor!