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…

Jerrymander? https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/484268-Galeodes-arabs

northwest ugly clam https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71397541 Big Ugly https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17213504 Bloody nosed beetle https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73944216

[image] eli_rinker: Bloody nosed beetle The most unusual thing about that is that it is not at all descriptive, at least in the linked image. I didn’t see anything resembling a bloody nose. Now the Rummy-nose tetra , on the other hand…

I mean, it kind of looks like an overripe banana. Maybe.

It took clicking the link to realize that was part of the name!

Its other name, Madidi Titi, also qualifies as a strange name.

Similarly, there’s https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35164-Hydrophis-platurus , the Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake. I think it sounds like an insult you’d hear on board a pirate ship.

Funny, long, or just plain weird animal names

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raymie May 10, 2021, 2:27pm 261

Goldenpalace.com Monkey. I can’t even name the animal without it turning into a link!

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