O-o-o, so sciency!

Are there really herpetologists saying "don't say snek"?

I was expecting the last frame to say "American Borb".

That would surprise me, also. But it takes all kinds. Maybe the average ornithologist tends to think that birds are "cute", while the average herpetologist tends to think that reptiles are "cool"? I'm sure that whatever the group as a whole tends to think, there will be many counterexamples.

I was just thinking about chess, and how one of the most famous chess players, Hikaru Nakamura often refers to chess pieces as "juicers", for whatever reason... maybe the shape? Lots of people have nicknames for different pieces, like "ops" for "bishops", etcetera. But then there are some who take themselves entirely seriously, and never joke around.

I only know one and he seemed to find it amusing but ultimately didn't really care.

Bord

I’m really digging BLORB.

Bouba and blouba

Buort

My interpretation:

Bird: The standard

Birb: Bird being silly

Borb: bird but fat

Blorb: Bird but holy damn he’s even fatter

The eye really sells it

Good lord the blorb.

What a well fed pigeon.

Man, I dunno if you've heard,

BUT THE BIRD IS THE WORD

BA BA BA BA BA BA OOH MAH MOW MOW

OOH MOW MAH MOW

WELL DON'T YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE BIRD

WELL EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE BIRD IS THE WORD

Pondering my blorb

According to my ss-ss-sources, the preferred nomenclature is 'danger noodle'.

... Can we get a Blorb with an Orb, pondering?

Clearly a rare sighting

Birb's aren't real

I think borb is just a species with fluffy feathers. Blorb is fat, though.

Get with the times - apparently we are past that, and it is borbs that aren't real

Danger noodle is for non venemous and nope rope is for venemous

blorbo: GYATT

I'm not a herp, but I sometimes refer to them as a snekeroni

Just so everyone knows, birb, borb, and floof are official terms recognized by the Audubon Society.

Brilliant articles, thanks - written by someone completely conversant in both birds and internet culture, with a sense of humour but also communicating bird facts and including citations for things like why round things are cuter.

yes, I will sketch that. If i forget about it, please ping me here

Huzzah!

Probst! ... ... ?

Is... does it make sense to say 'Probst' outside of a drinking context?

... its been a long time since I've gone drinking with Germans, lol.

This is what we need more of in the world. Blorbs for president of earth!!

They do ponder. The orb let's them know, that you are indeed right, and "Prost" only is said when drinking.
The orb has not yet told them how to translate "cheers" into German.

Maximum borb.

Ah, I love them!

Good work!

I thought danger noodle is for venomous, nope rope for constrictors, and snek for anything else

If you steppy on snek, its just 'what the heck?'

If you hug a nope rope, you're probly dead, dope.

If you kiss a danger noodle, you'll need a whole kit and kaboodle.

(in the spirit of the milk vs coral snake sayings)