Unlike his Indiana Jones character, Ford says he likes snakes and called the discovery "humbling."
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A newly discovered snake species in Peru has been named Tachymenoides harrisonfordi, in honor of the "Indiana Jones" actor's environmental work. Ford is the vice chair of non-profit group Conservation International.
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- The actor said: "These scientists keep naming critters after me, but it's always the ones that terrify children. I don't understand. I spend my free time cross-stitching. I sing lullabies to my basil plants, so they won't fear the night."