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[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 141 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The rest of the wikipedia article:

The genus name is derived from Hot Wheels, an American brand of scale model cars. The long coiled embolus of the palpal bulb of this new genus reminded the authors of a looping Hot Wheels track.

The species is named for Sisyphus, a king featured in the Iliad, who is punished by the gods for cheating death. For this, the gods sentenced him to an eternity of rolling a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down. The cyclical nature of his punishment reminded the authors of the circular copulatory tube of the spider.

These dudes are on a whole different level when it comes to naming spiders.

[–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And now I want to know the deep meaning behind all of those Chinese knockoff tee shirts that I thought were just poorly translated.

[–] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Believe it or not, they're all about Hot Wheels.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Even the ones about Sisyphus?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Especially those ones