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Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago

Latin names suck

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Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months ago
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    Not to mention the actual names. “There’s a bear. What should we call it?” “Well, it’s black. Let’s call it a Black Bear.” “How about that one? It’s brown.” “We’ll call it a Brown Bear.”

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bony-eared_assfish

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        yeah but those are jerks

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        The bony-eared assfish has been distinguished, by some sources, as having the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of any vertebrate.

        When biologists decide to burn something, they just go on and on.

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      First two sound like Ubuntu releases.

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      Ah but they’re not called bears, we just have to call them that or we upset the bear god who will end us if we say their real name.

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      Fun fact, the original word for bear has been lost because people refused to mention them directly - like Voldemort

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        All original words have been lost because language changes…

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