Some animals have earned some silly names that are in common use in English. I thought maybe as a community we could pool our knowledge and see what ones we know or what your favorite ones are. My two favorites are: Business Goose ===> Penguin (actually from Chinese 企鹅, but has been adopted by m…

Trash Panda = Raccoon :raccoon:

Yep, forgot that one. I like the German “washing bear” as well, but that hasn’t made its way into common English usage yet, if it ever will.

Sure, how do I turn it into a wiki?

The common name in PT for the lake-duck (Oxyura vittata) used to be “marreca-pé-na-bunda” which translates to something like “foot-on-the-ass-duck”, basically because the tail resembles its foot. Nowadays the official common name is marreca-rabo-de-espinho ("thorn-tail-duck), but the old folk still …

Is it an option in the ellipsis menu? @bouteloua help? :)

[image] earthknight: Of course, there is also: Danger Noodle ===> Snake (venomous) I’ve heard “Nope Rope” = non-venomous snakes There’s also “Cobra Chicken” for geese I’m not sure how common usage is for these outside the internet, though. :)

Internet is fine as long as it’s relatively common.

We used to refer to pigs as “Breakfast”, but I’m pretty sure it was confined to a small group. Would be interesting to see if it is in use by anyone else?

Silly names that are actually in use for animals

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kiwifergus March 20, 2020, 10:01am 4

Can I suggest making this a wiki, so that peeps can edit the first post and add them to the list… or perhaps as they add them, you edit the original post and add it to the list?

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Silly names that are actually in use for animals

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