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A snake new to science has been named after Harrison Ford in honor of his passionate environmental advocacy and for the matter of a small character he played in a small film series called Indiana Jones.
Tachymenoides harrisonfordi was discovered by German herpetologist Edger Lehr on Peru’s remote Otishi Plateau, an area prowled by narcotraffickers, and the story of its discovery was in itself worthy of a scene in one of Ford’s classic films of the adventurous archaeologist.
One of the least explored grasslands on Earth, Peru’s Otishi National Park lies accessible almost only by helicopter high in the Andes Mountains. The area has been coined “cocaine valley” and Lehr told Conservation.org all about the harrowing brushes with the narcotraffickers that colored the expedition so dangerous that he decided to end it a week ahead of schedule.
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Tachymenoides harrisonfordi was discovered by German herpetologist Edger Lehr on Peru’s remote Otishi Plateau, an area prowled by narcotraffickers, and the story of its discovery was in itself worthy of a scene in one of Ford’s classic films of the adventurous archaeologist.
One of the least explored grasslands on Earth, Peru’s Otishi National Park lies accessible almost only by helicopter high in the Andes Mountains. The area has been coined “cocaine valley” and Lehr told Conservation.org all about the harrowing brushes with the narcotraffickers that colored the expedition so dangerous that he decided to end it a week ahead of schedule.
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An Animal New to Science is Named After Indiana Jones, ‘Why Did it Have to be Snakes!’ – Tachymenoides Harrisonfordi
There's a little something extra about giving his name to a snake, even if, in reality, Ford quite likes the slithering reptiles.
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