Theres funny names for beetles though
Theres a beetle named after beyonce, iirc
Rizz-Rex
Please, dinosaurs today would get 20 year corporate licenses. Arby’s-osaurus Rex; Modelo-dactyl — “for those with the flying spirit”
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I think it’s less that biologists stopped using Latin and more that we’re running out of Latin
Well then, invent more.
People keep saying it’s a dead language, but I keep seeing it around. Sounds more like a goddamn lazy language to me!
i think they do.
lots of the newer “scientific” names for stuff are made up latin sounding words.Not to ruin the moment here or anything but this is the first properly funny comment I’ve seen on Lemmy. I used to spend most of my time on Reddit just hunting around for funny comments so I feel like the transition is now complete, so thanks
When they come up with names like ‘Tachymenoides Harrisonfordi’ for a snake that was discovered last year, I think they’ll be fine for a while.
Brah!ntosaurus. Or maybe Brawndosaurus? Plants got what it craves!
Harambe Erectus
Now advertising companies would pay to slap the name of their brand on dinosaurs:
- Cocapteryx colacerus
- Teslasaurus muskatus
- Primeraptor amazonii
This isn’t actually true though. Most dinosaurs have been named in the last 100 years. In fact 85% of them have been named since Jurassic Park came out.
👉’Attasaurus, Rex 👉
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the scientific name for gorilla is “gorilla gorilla” so i think that ship sailed before sailing was invented
And American Buffalo are “bison bison.”
I don’t know what it actually means but the scientific name of Indian Cobra is Naja naja and in Hindi “naja” means “Don’t go”, which seems very apt.
There’s a great Sam o nella video about this.
Invidious link to it: https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=XKRW1zgkCVc
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i mean if you think about it godzilla is just ancient mythology except not ancient
in other words its a perfect name
