Beetles and bat flips: Ottawa entomologist names discovery after Jose Bautista

Inspired by ex-Blue Jay Jose Bautista’s famous bat flip, an Ottawa entomologist has immortalized the slugger with his own beetle.
Sicoderus bautistai, a “tiny, shiny” black insect with a dangerous looking proboscis joins more than 60,000 other known species of weevils thanks to Canadian Museum of Nature entomologist and baseball fan Dr. Bob Anderson.
Anderson discovered the new species of weevil while combing through museum collections in Bautista’s native Dominican