Phil Torres

Phil Torres is a scientist, journalist, and explorer.

Career

Torres helped discover over 40 new species by the age of 20 during scientific expeditions in Mongolia and Venezuela. One of his most-publicized discoveries was a spider that constructs a fake, larger spider in its web using silk, leaves, and dead insects. This is the only known animal (besides humans) that creates another animal from scratch and was Wired Science's number-two story of the year in 2012.

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Eve Torres, a former WWE Divas Champion. They are of Nicaraguan, German and Swedish descent.

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