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[-] [email protected] 60 points 2 weeks ago

Glad to see we're giving up the Latin/Greek naming scheme after a thousand or so years.

[-] [email protected] 41 points 2 weeks ago

It's always "but it comes from the Latin and it means cute fury flying thing". Why not just name it Cute Bee Furry Face and be done with it?

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't sound as cool imo.

Wouldn't have gotten badass names like velociraptor.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Speed Dragon sounds cool too though

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I always wondered what names we would call dinosaurs by if we lived contemporaneously with them.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I wish I could make a living classifying eukaryotes.

Anthophora bellufacium

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

Hotwheels sisyphus

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

clearly it is not a rock, mission complete

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

This post is from 2018. I wonder if we learned anything more about this furry friend.

this post was submitted on 18 May 2024
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