{"id":2001722,"date":"2023-08-15T19:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T23:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-jones-characters-hatred-for-snakes-inspires-name-for-new-species-found-in-andes\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T19:09:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T23:09:52","slug":"indiana-jones-characters-hatred-for-snakes-inspires-name-for-new-species-found-in-andes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-jones-characters-hatred-for-snakes-inspires-name-for-new-species-found-in-andes\/","title":{"rendered":"New species in Andes named after &#8216;Indiana Jones&#8217; due to snake aversion."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findiana-jones-characters-hatred-for-snakes-inspires-name-for-new-species-found-in-andes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001722&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An &#8220;Indiana\u2063 Jones&#8221; Connection: New Snake Species Named After \u200bHarrison \u200bFord<\/h2>\n<p>An \u201cIndiana Jones\u201d character\u2019s well-known connection\u2064 to snakes and his utter hatred for\u200d them has inspired researchers to name a new snake \u2063found in\u200c the \u2063Andes mountains after the actor\u2064 who plays \u200dhim, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harrison-ford-recalls-the-unfortunate-thing-hes-known-for-on-film-sets-but-hey-s-happens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harrison Ford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bnew species of snake\u2063 was discovered in May in Peru \u2062by researchers who have\u2062 named the reptile <strong>Tachymenoides harrisonfordi<\/strong>, \u200dwith Harrison Ford calling the experience \u201chumbling,\u201d according \u200bto\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/harrison-ford-snakes-indiana-jones-new-species-1235566363\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThese scientists\u2064 keep naming critters after me, but it\u2019s always the\u2063 ones that terrify children,\u201d \u2062Ford said. \u201cI don\u2019t understand. I spend my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-jones-characters-hatred-for-snakes-inspires-name-for-new-species-found-in-andes\/\" title=\"New species in Andes named after 'Indiana Jones' due to snake aversion.\">free time cross-stitching<\/a>. I sing lullabies to\u200c my basil plants, so they won\u2019t fear the night,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn\u2062 all \u200bseriousness, this discovery is\u2063 humbling,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s a \u200creminder that there\u2019s \u200dstill so much to learn about our wild world \u200b\u2014 and \u200bthat humans are one\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-short-history-of-how-anthony-fauci-has-kept-failing-up-since-1984\/\" title=\"A Short History Of How Anthony Fauci Has Kept Failing Up Since 1984\">small part<\/a> of an impossibly vast\u200c biosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOn this \u2063planet, all fates \u2063are intertwined, and right now, one million species are teetering on the \u2064edge of \u2063oblivion,\u201d Ford\u200c continued.\u200d \u201cWe have an existential mandate to mend our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gofundme-aimed-at-paying-off-harry-and-meghans-mortgage-folds-over-lack-of-interest\/\" title=\"GoFundMe Aimed At Paying Off Harry And Meghan\u2019s Mortgage Folds Over Lack Of Interest\">broken relationship<\/a> with nature and protect the places that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boil-water-notice-goes-out-in-texas-capital-amidst-severe-winter-weather\/\" title=\"Boil Water Notice Goes Out In Texas Capital Amidst Severe Winter Weather\">sustain life<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>American and Peruvian\u2063 researchers have only located one of these species, which is described as a slender, pale yellowish-brown snake\u200c with black splotches, measuring 16 \u2063inches long. They said they\u2062 named the snake after Ford\u2064 to \u2062honor \u200bhis\u200b decades-long environmental advocacy,\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/environmental-groups-cheer-keystone-shutdown-now-demand-biden-shut-down-all-pipelines\/\" title=\"Environmental Groups Cheer Keystone Shutdown, Now Demand Biden Shut Down All Pipelines\">outlet noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As Ford\u200b said, the\u2064 snake isn\u2019t the first\u2063 critter\u200d to be named after him \u2014 \u200cresearchers named an ant (<strong>Pheidole harrisonfordi<\/strong>) and a spider (<strong>Calponia harrisonfordi<\/strong>) after the actor, the \u200doutlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>Ford has long been linked to\u200c the slimy \u2062creatures following his iconic line in the \u200dfirst Indiana Jones film, \u201cRaiders of the Lost Ark\u201d and scenes with them throughout the franchise.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO \u2063GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate snakes, Jock. I \u2063hate \u2019em!\u201d Indiana\u2064 Jones said at the beginning of the first\u2063 film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSnakes,\u201d \u2063he added later. \u200b\u201cWhy\u2019d it have to be snakes?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the sequel, \u201cIndiana Jones and\u2063 the Temple of Doom,\u201d\u200b Ford\u2019s character once again <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/indiana-jones-snake-fear-phobia-explained\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20hate%20snakes%2C%20Jock.,Henry%20Jones%2C%20Jr.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reiterates<\/a> his disdain for the creatures when \u200dhe\u2019s \u2062served the disturbing\u2062 \u201csnake\u200c surprise\u201d at Pankot Palace.<\/p>\n<p>In the third film in the franchise, \u201cIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade,\u201d Indy\u2019s character endures \u2063a flashback where he\u2019s on a train \u2063and ends \u2064up in the reptile car \u200dand submerged \u200bin crates \u200dof \u200bsnakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have paid tribute to Harrison Ford, known for his role as Indiana Jones, by naming a newly discovered snake species in the Andes after him. The snake, Tachymenoides harrisonfordi, was found in Peru in May. This honor reflects Ford&#8217;s iconic connection to snakes and his character&#8217;s intense aversion towards them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2001723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}