I used to often go through lists, google searches, and so on looking for funny/weird animal names. I have made quite a few lists already, and I thought I would make a post here to see if some of you know some good ones. plants and fungi also welcome :) Here are some of my favorites that I can fin…

[image] jasonhernandez74: [image] haemocyanin11: Air Potato , despite sounding very strange, is a very accurate name. At least it was not called Floating Spuds. But it isn’t an animal. Oops. Maybe I should make make a separate thread for Plants? That is assuming it does not already exi…

Theres a hill not too far from my house where ground spiders appear to have been collected in 1984 that were named Apopyllus now, in reference to Apocalypse Now, the film from 1979. I have never seen the spider in the wild and there are no records of any collections afterwards. So I dont even know …

What about Nameless Pinion (Lithophane innominata)? I mean, if you name it “Nameless”, then it’s no longer nameless since it has a name…

The Pacific-slope flycatcher has the scientific name Empidonax difficilis because it is so hard to tell apart from related species. Empidonax flycatchers are notorious that way. Also the genus name is Greek for “Lord of gnats.”

[image] emilyd47: Also the genus name is Greek for “Lord of gnats.” And then there is another flycatcher genus, Myiarchus – Lord of the Flies (like the William Golding novel) [image] nilshelstrom: I mean, if you name it “Nameless”, then it’s no longer nameless since it has a name… And…

[image] nilshelstrom: What about Nameless Pinion (Lithophane innominata)? I mean, if you name it “Nameless”, then it’s no longer nameless since it has a name… Indeed. Reminds me of the Sin Nombre Virus which causes hantavirus disease, especially here in the Southwest U.S. Although the name m…

:) This wildflower was always problematic with the school boys when I led nature hikes in the forest. They would snigger and their moms’ would scowl at me. But, hey, I did not name it. Such a lovely flower, too. Dichelostema-capitatum

[image] arborsphere: Slippery Dick [image] teellbee: Dichelostema-capitatum Well, we’ve covered animals and plants, so I guess food should be included – Spotted Dick

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raymie January 11, 2021, 8:11pm 228

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