• umbraroze@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    My favourite example of a straight-to-the-point animal name:

    There’s a species of turtles. Goofy looking fellas with big heads. So what are they called? Big-headed turtles. OK, but surely the Latin name is sensible? No, it’s megacephalum. Totally a band name.

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      56 minutes ago

      “Hey, this turtle looks kinda like it’s got a snake for a neck, what should we call it”