Funny, long, or just plain weird animal names

Some kind of connection to Gandalf from Lord of the Rings maybe.

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I think it’s named after him.

Unfortunate names for a plant. Still super funny tho

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Dorcus Titanus

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Not an animal, but Interrupted clubmoss
Who interrupted it?

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There are several crawfish with interesting common names. Wonderful Crayfish, Complete Crayfish, Powerful Crayfish, Beautiful Crayfish, Celestial Crayfish, Lame Crayfish, Depression Crayfish

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And the best one of all, Crawzilla Crawdad (Lacunicambarus chimera)

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It seems someone had a little too much fun naming these.

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Or interrupted fern.

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Why, a stalk of Allium rude, of course. :grin:

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