#152402  by lyghtningod
 
http://www.usnews.com/news/news/article ... -guitarist
Reaching into the oddest places...

Self-described Deadhead Kari Prassack says traveling the country to see Bob Weir and the band gave her the sense of adventure and confidence to pursue her career.

So when fellow scientists earlier this year credited her with properly identifying the new species from a mislabeled jawbone found in the late 1980s at Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, she named it Lontra weiri. Lontra is the genus and weiri the species.
 #152962  by krzykat
 
Kari is my friend! She is awesome, so happy for her!