I knew I’d kept that list on my phone for a reason. I used to not put the location in at first & save these wild ones out of the Suggestions til my Computer Vision gave up all hope & decided that everything is a bat, (but that’s another story):
Slope-rumped Beetle
Fathead Anole
Dingy Flat-body
Vagabond Sod Webworm Moth
& my personal favourite, the Sordid Cocktail Ant
Yes I did come up with a Sordid Ant Cocktail:
Crushed Ice, to which add pureed forest fruits (any kind) because the ants live in boreal forests. Put some alcohol in if you like, to match the fruit. Grate a heap of dark chocolate on top this is the ants’ nest & ‘dirt’ (sordid literally= dirty) & a tiny toy ant or two to finish
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is the first that comes to mind.
As a person who feeds slightly updated dinosaurs everyday, I am offended, you Incisivosaurus gauthieri!
(This was primarily a joke, but birds are technically descended from dinosaurs. So they technically did adapt)
I’mma make one of those ant-cocktails for a friend, and see if they like it >:)
Twite
“Feed two birds with one scone” YES!
And yet they fly over our heads in the form of birds…
LOL, I almost forgot VAGABOND CRAMBUS until I saw this post. Also a good one you can imagine by the Latin name: Acronicta retardata.
I love the name “yellow-bellied sea snake” for this, I can imagine someone yelling it on a pirate ship.
What a slippery dick (Halichoeres bivittatus) he turned out to be.
(Unfortunately these are not threatened or endangered)
I’m a fan of the classic: Jackass. Also, Laughing Jackass works too (alternate name for Laughing Kookaburra).
Today I was busy with collection of insects. I came across a beetle Oxythyrea funesta. In Russian it is called “Олёнка зловонная”. It sounds like “Oly’onka malodorant”. I pronounce this name. After that I had to explain myself.
The thing is… my wife’s name is Alyonka (Алёнка). Sounds almost the same.
Actually, she’s Helen, but you know these Russian names!
I call her “Alyonushka”, “Alyonka”. It’s very affectionate. That’s even what Soviet chocolate was called, it’s cute.
No need. Any word can be used as an insult, today more than ever.
Предположу, что название жука всё-таки произошло от устаревшего/регионального обозначению самки оленя и женскому имени просто омонимично.
This really is fantastic! I especially love when the video pans the crowd and they are all listening with enraptured looks. So good! Thank you!
Yeah! That name has caught my attention a lot. The only place where I’ve seen this name is iNat. It is a very common fish where I live, and the Spanish name iNat suggests is way less mean: ‘‘Doncella rayada’’, which literally means ‘‘Striped maid’’.
Without a doubt that name of beetle is not from “Аленка”. Etymology from “олень” (deer). Words are homophones.
I sure hope we can expand to plant names, because I’ve been longing to call someone “bladdernut” for the longest time.