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[–] IMongoose@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Annoy naturalists with these other animal names too: Jellyfish, crawfish, starfish, Killer Whale, Canadian Geese, and American Buffalo.

[–] azi@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The buffalo thing pisses me off the most. Entire cultures are defined by that animal and it's incredibly significant to the history of the prairies and the continent as a whole. So it seems to me pretty disrespectful to go to these people and go "um actually what you've been calling this animal for centuries is wrong actually because Linnaeus or whatever"

[–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Killer whale is orca which is a predatory whale.

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wtf who's beefing with starfish

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Typical customer service annoyant?

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Crawdads. Tasty with some hot sauce.