24 Bizarre Animals That Are Named After Celebrities

    The resemblances are UNCANNY...

    1. Beyoncé – Scaptia beyonceae

    A species of horse fly found in Queensland, Australia.

    2. Steve IrwinElseya irwini

    A species of Australian turtle.

    3. Barack ObamaAptostichus barackobamai

    A species of trapdoor spider native to Northern California.

    4. The entire cast of Jurassic ParkJurassosaurus

    Formally Tianchisaurus, the ankylosaurian dinosaur existed within the middle Jurassic Period of China.

    5. Johnny DeppKootenichela deppi

    An extinct arthropod from the Middle Cambrian of the Kootenay National Park, Canada.

    6. Jennifer LopezLitarachna lopezae

    A species of aquatic mite found at depths around 70 meters in the Mona Passage, Puerto Rico.

    7. Harrison Ford – Calponia harrisonfordi

    A species of spider known to eat other spiders in California.

    8. Freddie Mercury – Cirolana mercuryi

    A species of isopod found on coral reefs off Bawe Island in East Africa.

    9. Jimmy Fallon – Aleiodes falloni

    A species of wasp that eats caterpillars from the inside out.

    10. Stephen Colbert – Aptostichus stephencolberti

    A species of trapdoor spider native to the California coastline.

    11. Hugh Hefner – Sylvilagus palustris hefneri

    Also known as the Lower Keys marsh rabbit, it's an endangered rabbit native to the Florida Keys.

    12. James Cameron – Pristimantis jamescameroni

    A species of frog that only exists on the Aprada-tepui mountain in the Bolívar state of Venezuela.

    13. Arnold Schwarzenegger – Agra schwarzeneggeri

    A species of carabid beetle from Costa Rica.

    14. Elton John – Leucothoe eltoni

    A shrimp-Like crustacean found in coral reefs of Yenweres Bay, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, and in the Philippines.

    15. Mick Jagger – Jaggermeryx naida

    An extinct mammal related to the hippopotamuses, from the early Miocene period of Africa.

    16. Sting – Dendropsophus stingi

    A species of frog native to Colombia's wet regions.

    17. Bob Marley – Gnathia marleyi

    A parasite that infests and feeds on the blood of certain fishes and found only in the Caribbean Sea.

    18. Lady Gaga – Gagadon minimonstrum

    An extinct mammal that lived in the early Eocene of North America.

    19. Bill Gates – Eristalis gatesi

    A flower fly found only in Costa Rican cloud forests.

    20. Ozzy Osbourne – Dendropsophus ozzyi

    A species of tree frog in the Brazilian Amazon known to chirp like a bat.

    21. Edward Snowden – Cherax snowden

    A species of crayfish from West Papua, Indonesia.

    22. Shakira – Aleiodes shakirae

    A species of wasp that injects her parasitic babies into live caterpillars, effectively mummifying the caterpillar.

    23. Liv Tyler – Agra liv

    A species of carabid beetle native to rainforests.

    24. Madonna – Echiniscus madonnae

    A species of tardigrade, a microscopic water-dwelling organism also known as "water-bears".