"Respect is fine, but actually I've always wanted to be feared."
Dr. Ross Jennings — who is played by actor, musician and producer Jeff Daniels in the 1990 comedy horror film "Arachnophobia" — has been granted his wish thanks to a scientific revelation from the University of California, Riverside. A team of scientists recently discovered a parasitic and tarantula-killing species of worm, which have been decorously named "Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi" after Daniels and his spider-killing character.
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