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angrystego lemmy.world angrystego@lemmy.world
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Lvxferre [he/him] mander.xyz lvxferre@mander.xyz
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kakler bitmap lemmy.world kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world
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A bunch of species of tarantula in the Thrixopelma genus recently got moved to their own genus Ewok. This genus includes the newly discovered Ewok aycarumba.

https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/18853

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teft piefed.social teft@piefed.social
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Pretty sure that temporaria is related in this case to temporal, not temporary. It'd be like frog of the times or frog of the right season or something like that.

I could be wrong though.

As for little shits I would try something with copro- in it. That's the greek word for shit. Like coprophage is a shiteater or Copromorphidae are a family of moths that have shit like camouflage.

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Lvxferre [he/him] mander.xyz lvxferre@mander.xyz
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Pretty sure that temporaria is related in this case to temporal, not temporary. It'd be like frog of the times or frog of the right season or something like that. I could be wrong though. As for little shits I would try something with copro- in it. That's the greek word for shit. Like coprophage is a shiteater or Copromorphidae are a family of moths that have shit like camouflage.
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LeapSecond lemmy.zip LeapSecond@lemmy.zip
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Looking for the backstory of the frog name, here's another gem from here.

Now, the caterpillar remains alive for a while as the baby wasps eat it from the inside, bending and squirming as it becomes desiccated and dies. These wiggly movements made the scientists think of Shakira, and thus the species Aleiodes shakirae immortalized the Colombian singer in the annals of zoology.

Zoologists are fun.

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idiomaddict lemmy.world idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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Pretty sure that temporaria is related in this case to temporal, not temporary. It'd be like frog of the times or frog of the right season or something like that. I could be wrong though. As for little shits I would try something with copro- in it. That's the greek word for shit. Like coprophage is a shiteater or Copromorphidae are a family of moths that have shit like camouflage.

I’m still a huge fan of fruit flies. Drosophila melanogaster= yellow bellied garbage lover

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the_artic_one programming.dev the_artic_one@programming.dev
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Also "sub-", at least in mycological names.

The other day, I read that there's a mushroom called "Agaricus subsubensis" and I felt like I was being trolled.

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angrystego lemmy.world angrystego@lemmy.world
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I’m still a huge fan of fruit flies. Drosophila melanogaster= yellow bellied garbage lover

Black bellied, but yeah!

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shane feddit.nl shane@feddit.nl
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Gorilla gorilla gorilla

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Hupf feddit.org Hupf@feddit.org
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They did it for the Luzulz

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hessenjunge discuss.tchncs.de hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de
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Aside from Amorphophallus holding a big wang in your face there will always be Rollulus rouloul for the lulz.

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rants_unnecessarily piefed.social rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social
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Mamalian nomenclature:

Lynx McLynxface

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angrystego lemmy.world angrystego@lemmy.world
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Aside from Amorphophallus holding a big wang in your face there will always be Rollulus rouloul for the lulz.

While we're at it, let's make an honorable mention of the naughtiest of all Amorphophallus species, A. fornicatus.

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teft piefed.social teft@piefed.social
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Gorilla gorilla gorilla

I prefer Boops boops. Pronounced Boh-ops.

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DeltaWingDragon sh.itjust.works DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works
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Mamalian nomenclature: Lynx McLynxface

Fox McFoxface

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DeltaWingDragon sh.itjust.works DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works
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I prefer Boops boops. Pronounced Boh-ops.

I like Upupa epops

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