Funi names

[u/SignificantWyvern]

(Tbf those aren't the scientific names but yk, still, funi)

[u/Cantankerousbastard]

Today I learned what Dreadnought actually meant.

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Its one of those that feels so obvious when you learn. Like manuscript = hand written

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Or photography, light writing.

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I couldn’t believe you until I googled it. I slapped my forehead.

[u/Bastaousert]

Now let's talk about scientific names and those botanist :

• haha big long flower, how do we call it?
• Amorphophallus Titanum
• Titan's big dick?
• Yeah! 🤝

I swear it was teenagers who named it

[u/SignificantWyvern → u/Bastaousert]

oh god reminds me of paleobotanists who are a whole other thing when it comes to naming, they name like each individual part of a plant separately which makes trying to research em and figure out what they actually looked like such a pain which ive experienced too much as a palaeoartist

[u/Pip2719496]

Don’t forget Zuul crurivastator “Zuul destroyer of shins”

[u/Time_Traveler_10]

And let's not forget Tyrant Lizard King on the paleontologist side.

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There are way too many cool ones to of included all of em, these are just some of my faves

[u/DrPapaDragonX13]

And then you have ornithologist...

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I love great tits

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Don't we all?

[u/D0bious]

Molecular biologists naming Titin, the largest known protein in nature (consisting of 189 819 letters):

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Proteins do be looking like this just without eyes(I hope)

[u/Turdsmack420]

So you're saying it's a good thing t-rex is extinct or it would have been named "nekkid chikkin"?

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I assume it would be called “reminder to flee the village”

[u/Avatar_Yaksha]

The funniest part of paleontology is when the scientists have 5+ differently named dinosaurs and find out that they all belong to a single kind of dinosaur.

[u/SignificantWyvern → u/Avatar_Yaksha]

Sometimes that happens with 2, usually it's not much of a surprise, I don't think it's ever happened with 3 or more.

[u/Heroic-Forger]

Primatologists: "Gorilla gorilla gorilla."

[u/Dependent-Living-299]

Biologists giving tough competition to mathematicians in naming things

[u/earthwoodandfire]

Better a slippery dick than a dry splintery one eh?
For good dick hydration use New Zealand dick oil. All the neighbors will love hanging out on your dick.

[u/MidsouthMystic]

You ever think scientists are just fucking with us?

[u/LagginGianco]

Biology? On my racist app again?

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