SAO PAULO, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Researchers in Brazil named a newly discovered harvestman species after Smeagol, the pathetic bottom-dweller from Tolkien's epic Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Harvestmen are better known as daddy longlegs. Researchers say the new daddy longlegs species -- whose full name is Iandumoema smeagol -- is the most highly modified of its relatives. It's also one of only two species without eyes.