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Jose Bautista Newsbeat
Friday, November 23, 2018
Meet the Joey Bats beetle.
Former Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista has inspired the name of a new weevil species that ain’t so pretty to look but bears his name proudly. (We think.)
The tiny black insect with a long snout from the Dominican Republic, Bautista’s home nation, has now been scientifically recorded as Sicoderus Bautistai.
[Insert jokes here]
QLE
Posted: November 23, 2018 at 10:51 AM | 6 comment(s)
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