Scientists Name Beetle After Colbert
Soon, all of the bugs will named after Stephen Colbert. You'll be able to get delicious honey made by Colberts, listen to the Colberts chirping on a warm summer's night and catch a nasty case of Colberts from a dive bar waitress. That's still just a beautiful dream, but we're off to a good start with a spider named for Stephen and now a diving beetle.
"What has six legs and is way cooler than a spider?" asks a riddle on the cover of a birthday card sent to Stephen Colbert by entomologists Quentin Wheeler at Arizona State University and Kelly Miller at the University of New Mexico.
The answer – Agaporomorphus colberti – is a diving beetle from Venezuela named by Wheeler and Miller to honor Colbert, the satirical host and executive producer of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."
Knowing Colbert's fondness for recognition (there's his popular segment on the show: "Who's Not Honoring Me Now") and for presents, the scientists sent the political satirist a framed print of the beetle as a birthday gift to mark his 45th birthday on May 13.
Check out the full article for more info on Agaporomorphus colberti, and click past the jump for a clip of Stephen with his spider.
The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30pm / 10:30c.
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