340
ah, conservation (mander.xyz)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 months ago

So there’s barn owls and barred owls? Who is coming up with these names?

[-] newtraditionalists@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago

Scientists have a long seemingly treasured history of trolling everything with their naming of stuff. Not a scientist, so I can't confirm. But from the outside it sure looks like they have a lot of fun with it.

this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2024
340 points (97.5% liked)

Science Memes

11130 readers
2168 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS