wtf since when is there a wasp named after tuuka rask I’m fcking dying what is this

steel-on-the-ice:

santamitchy:

yeah i remmeber that was a few years ago. after that happened like a few months or osmething idk i went to a game at the ACC (bruins/leafs) and there was a person there in a bee costume with a sign that had tuukka’s name on and everything.

I didn’t believe this so I looked it up. Apparently yes.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/wasp-species-named-bruins-tuukka-rask/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaumatodryinus_tuukkaraski