{"id":355,"date":"2020-09-29T19:02:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T19:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeppmusic.com\/Arthroblog\/?p=355"},"modified":"2020-12-05T16:44:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T16:44:23","slug":"scytodes-everywhere-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeppmusic.com\/Arthroblog\/2020\/09\/29\/scytodes-everywhere-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Scytodes Everywhere, Man!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had threatened a few posts back to add some more spider-themed music, and have decided that the time has come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In specific, when I first became seriously interested in Scytodes atlacoya<\/em>, I had gone to the World Spider Catalog<\/a> (WSC) to see just how many species of Scytodes<\/i> might be involved, and was rather surprised to find that there were 222 (up to 224 at this writing)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co\u00efncidentally, a few months later I stumbled upon a Hank Snow video<\/a> of a song called I’ve Been Everywhere, Man<\/em>, written in 1959 by an Australian named Geoff Mack, and based on the names of some Australian towns. Mack later wrote an American-town version, subsequently recorded by Hank Snow in 1962 and covered by a number of artists, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owing to the number of species found in the genus Scytodes<\/em>, I figured I’d try to do something based on Geoff Mack’s song, using the WSC list. So, following the original song’s format, I was able to squeeze almost 100 of the specific epithets into this version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make it easier for you to sing along, I have subtitled the lyrics for each of the four verses, but to see them, be sure to turn on the “Closed Caption” feature<\/strong> of YouTube. On a cell phone, do this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On a desktop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, herewith, my version of Scytodes Everywhere, Man<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n