Favourite Scientific Names
What are our favourite Scientific names for species we see in zoos?
My top three (in no particular order) would have to be:
1. Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius):
This appeals to me as a Sagittarius and a Slytherin.
2. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus):
What better way to describe the world’s only bear species to be considered a marine mammal?
3. Rothschild’s giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi):
The camel leopard reference is great by itself; but what I really like is the choice to name this subspecies of the Northern giraffe after the Rothschild’s family. This is because it’s the only giraffe phenotype to be born with five ossicones on it’s head. This is a reference to the Rothschild family: The Rothschild coat of arms contains a clenched fist with five arrows symbolising the five dynasties established by the five sons of Mayer Rothschild, in a reference to Psalm 127: "Like arrows in the hands of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth."
What are our favourite Scientific names for species we see in zoos?
My top three (in no particular order) would have to be:
1. Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius):
This appeals to me as a Sagittarius and a Slytherin.
2. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus):
What better way to describe the world’s only bear species to be considered a marine mammal?
3. Rothschild’s giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi):
The camel leopard reference is great by itself; but what I really like is the choice to name this subspecies of the Northern giraffe after the Rothschild’s family. This is because it’s the only giraffe phenotype to be born with five ossicones on it’s head. This is a reference to the Rothschild family: The Rothschild coat of arms contains a clenched fist with five arrows symbolising the five dynasties established by the five sons of Mayer Rothschild, in a reference to Psalm 127: "Like arrows in the hands of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth."
