Johnny Cash on eight legs

auburn - American biologists have a new kind of tarantula named after country singer Johnny Cash. The,, Aphonopelma johnnycashi 'distinguishes itself by its deep black color. The deceased Cash in 2003, is also known as the Man in Black.

In addition, the tarantula is quite often found near prisons. The country singer is also known by his Folsom Prison Blues and performances in prisons like San Quentin.

The Johnny Cash Spin is one of the fourteen new species that biologists at Auburn University in Alabama discovered in the southwest of the USA. Live in America, as it turns out, 29 species of tarantulas.