Vegetarian Star

Creatures and the famous go together like vegan cookies and soy milk.

The latest in the other than human living kingdom to be paired with a celebrity name is a crustacean named Gnathia marleyi, named after the late Bob Marley.

“I named this species, which is truly a natural wonder, after Marley because of my respect and admiration for Marley’s music,” Paul Sikkel, an assistant professor of marine ecology at Arkansas State University, said in a statement.

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Billabong has announced its Billabong X Bob Marley Collection; a collaboration with Marley & Co. that features clothing for the surfer culture.

The collection will be available Thanksgiving Day, November 25th, 2010, and will consist of boardshorts, tee shirts, tank tops and other accessories made from recycled and organic materials.

Bob Marley‘s vegetarian son Ziggy, called the collection “cool and conscious,” liking the steps Billabong took to create environmentally friendly clothing.

The collections will be marketed online, in stores and in print.

Billabong is a producer of active lifestyle clothing designed for board riders and is based in Orange, County, California. Marley & Co. is a lifestyle branding company that partners with manufacturers and retailers to produce goods such as clothing, food and beverages that represent the legendary reggae star.

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By co-founding Marley Coffee, Rohan Marley, son of the late, great reggae musician Bob Marley, is honoring a dream his father was never able to realize.

From the Marley Coffee website:

“Bob Marley had always said he would return to farming one day,but his destiny was filled with the passion for music, and he never had the chance. With Marley Coffee, Bob’s son, Rohan and friend Shane Whittle fulfill this dream and offers his family’s treasures to the world.”

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