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New Species Of Wasp Named After Tuukka Rask

BOSTON (CBS) - Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask is now on an exclusive list and it has nothing to with hockey.

A newly discovered species of wasp from East Africa is being named after him.

One of the entomologists who found the wasp is from Newton and he is a big Boston sports fan.

Tuukka Rask Wasp
Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski. (Image credit: Photo copyright holder Robert S. Copeland)

Robert Copeland told the Boston Globe he wanted to name the wasp, Thaumatodryinus tuukkaraski, after Rask because of the goalie's outstanding career in one of the most difficult positions in sports.

Tuukka Rask
Tuukka Rask. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

"That's funny. That's pretty neat," Rask told the paper.

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