A new species of spider, which can swim and even catch fish, has been discovered in Australia. It was unveiled at the ninth annual World Science Festival in Brisbane, Australia, which runs this year between March 9 and 13.

The spider has been named Dolomedes braingreenei in honor of Brian Greene, string theorist and Columbia University professor who co-founded the festival in 2008.

Dolomedes briangreenei is a new species of the Dolomedes genus (water spiders) that are only found in Queensland, Australia — phew! The spiders use vibrations on the surface of the water to navigate and find prey.

Brian is the size of an average human palm, but it can kill anything up to three times its own size.

Like us, Brian catches his food in the water but eats on land. Well, that’s just grand! Brian eat fish, frogs and tadpoles.

Basically, Brian Spider looks like a thug, but he’s not packing. We still would never want to be in a room filled with little Brians.

“When disturbed or hauling in captured fish, they will plunge through the surface of the water and swim quickly to hide on the bottom,” said Dr Raven, Principal Scientist of Arachnology at the Queensland Museum.