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Most creatures named after people are named after the scientists that discovered them. Not so with these little guys, who all share names with famous celebrities for one reason or another. These reasons, by the way, are usually quite interesting, and oftentimes silly and goofy. Which is exactly what you would expect from the wacky world of science.

One of the easiest ways to make your product recognizable and successful is to slap a celebrity’s face on it, because famous people are never wrong about anything. Sometimes, celebrities become unwilling endorsers, with their likeness slathered all over stuff they want nothing to do with. It’s like identity theft, only without all the maxed-out credit cards.

Usually, celebrities do their best to create the illusion that they are truly larger-than-life, and that nothing can bother them. However, stripped of the glitz and makeup, they’re just people, and people have issues. In the cases of these celebrities, that issue is crippling social anxiety.