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[-] Toes@ani.social 61 points 1 month ago

Glad to see we're giving up the Latin/Greek naming scheme after a thousand or so years.

[-] kernelle@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago

It's always "but it comes from the Latin and it means cute fury flying thing". Why not just name it Cute Bee Furry Face and be done with it?

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Doesn't sound as cool imo.

Wouldn't have gotten badass names like velociraptor.

[-] Toes@ani.social 16 points 1 month ago

Speed Dragon sounds cool too though

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

I always wondered what names we would call dinosaurs by if we lived contemporaneously with them.

[-] multifariace@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I wish I could make a living classifying eukaryotes.

Anthophora bellufacium

[-] match@pawb.social 17 points 1 month ago

Hotwheels sisyphus

[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 month ago

clearly it is not a rock, mission complete

[-] Pirky@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

This post is from 2018. I wonder if we learned anything more about this furry friend.

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