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…

Named after a Richard E. Furzer (farter), I feel like this article must have been particularly entertaining to write. As for my own contribution, in many languages such as Dutch, French and German, Kaka means excrement, while in Te Reo Maori, it means parrot. Many parrots and parakeets have it in t…

I have always been a fan of Vertigo nylanderi, the…ahem…yea. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/233528-Vertigo-nylanderi

I quite like the name No Parking Whitebeam .

triphora trianthophoros ssp. trianthophoros

Nohawilliamsia -named for Norris H. Williams (now a synonym of Oncidium)

I just found: The Slowpoke Agra cadabra Pieza rhea and, one of my favorites, the Conquered lorikeet (Vini vidivici)!

Seductive Entodon Moss, Entodon seductrix Cynical Quaker, Orthodes cynica| Confused Eusarca Moth, Eusarca confusaria ambiguous moth, Lascoria ambigualis definite tussock moth, Orgyia definita

Google-eyed Eighty-Eight There is also a Googly-eyed Cod and Googly-eyed Glass Squid

I had decided some time ago that the common name for Turdus migratorius should be the BM or bowel movement bird.

Have dog vomit slime mold or dog sick slime mould been mentioned?

Funny, long, or just plain weird animal names

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alexis_orion May 16, 2019, 6:33pm 40

I just found:

The Slowpoke
Agra cadabra
Pieza rhea

and, one of my favorites, the Conquered lorikeet (Vini vidivici)!

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