Oh, forgot to add Sexy Shrimp to the list. And Crikey steveirwini. And the Mr. Burns Toad.
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Craziest animal names.
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I'll try!
Whats the Scientific name for the Little Ass cowry, I've never heard of that before.
Palmadusta asellus.
I have a few (not sure if they were mentioned).
Liquorice sea Cradle
Yawning
Baked bean
Purple bean
Alwal
Jollyville plateau salamander
Psychedelic Rock gecko
Arroyo of paradise brucie]
Bumpy lumpsucker
Big red
Old-lady octopus
Lizard Buzzard
Yepes's Mulita
Tawny crazy ant
Liquorice sea Cradle
Yawning
Baked bean
Purple bean
Alwal
Jollyville plateau salamander
Psychedelic Rock gecko
Arroyo of paradise brucie]
Bumpy lumpsucker
Big red
Old-lady octopus
Lizard Buzzard
Yepes's Mulita
Tawny crazy ant
Thank you. Alright, I have heard of it, only new it by its scientific name.
Now what was the Purpose of that?
I seriously did, I remember when I learned about cowries when I got a book of reef invertebrates a couple years ago, and I looked at this genus.
Did you know about this genus previously? If you did, than thats cool!
Marine inverts are my favorite types of animals Ya know, although crabs aren't really my strong point.
Not exactly a helpful comment.
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To express doubt that you recognise a fairly obscure invertebrate by its scientific name alone despite being unaware of its common name - being knowledgeable about animals is a laudable thing, but you really don't have to try so hard to impress people!
To express doubt that you recognise a fairly obscure invertebrate by its scientific name alone despite being unaware of its common name - being knowledgeable about animals is a laudable thing, but you really don't have to try so hard to impress people!
Okay, thats cool!
Well, I wasn't trying. I know about that cowry species and thats that, alright?
On this thread I could name a bunch of species that I haven't heard of, so the fact that I know this species out of all the other Less-famous strange species isn't really supposed to Be laudable.
You should see how much I research about Lesser-known animals, I'm a little crazy!
Bony-eared Assfish
Jackass Penguin
Sarcastic Fringehead
Pink Fairy Armadillo
Jackass Penguin
Sarcastic Fringehead
Pink Fairy Armadillo
Standard also means flag or pennant in military terms, not just traditional/regular.
I know that, I just think it's kind of ironic.
Kakapo
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Cypraea asellus is not an obscure species, is more or less well known for any seashell collector. What I really doubt is that 90% of people that know this species, know also that it have a common name, and much less are those that know what is this common name. I of course know only the scientific name of it (at least since I added the species to my photo archive, if not before) and never heard about any common name until now - and I don't think I will remember that common name...
I think that name "Little Ass Cowry" is a fairly recent invention. It used to just be called the Asellus Cowry. I googled it because it is a weird sort of name, but it turns out it is just a translation from the specific name (asellus means "small donkey"). Linnaeus didn't normally give the etymologies of his names, so goodness knows why he named a cowry after a small donkey.
Linnaeus also made a joke with the species name of the blue whale, 'musculus' being based on 'mus' or mouse
Another few to add,
Giant orange tochui.
Mystery worm snake
Slave-Making ant
Happy Eddie (also known as the Puffadder Shyshark)
Wonder Brown
Pleasing Poison frog
Crazy fish
Giant orange tochui.
Mystery worm snake
Slave-Making ant
Happy Eddie (also known as the Puffadder Shyshark)
Wonder Brown
Pleasing Poison frog
Crazy fish
