The music of the Swedish cult band ABBA apparently had a great influence on researchers who discovered a new species of flatworm on Spitsbergen in the Arctic Ocean. Because the animal was soon named Derogenes abba.
They wanted to express their admiration for the music of the Swedish cult band and its positive influence on their lives, the Natural History Museum in Stockholm announced. In addition, the aim is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of “the magical evening in Brighton” in 1974, explains the responsible researcher Chahinez Bouguerche.
ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘Waterloo’ and launched a worldwide career. Bouguerche had also listened to the music of her favourite band while drawing the parasitic worm that lived in a fish. That is why she finally decided to honour the pop group in this way.
Source: Krone
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