What Happens When Scientists Get Creative And Make Up Funny Animal Names

Hehe booby haha hehehe

I like to send photos of them to my friends with the lead in “unsolicited boobie pic!” Good times.

I would have called it, Blue footed plecguin. Also...I wanna see boobys like I'm in a B movie...for any zefrank fans.

Well, they totally nailed the “blue-footed” part.

My boobies don't have feet, but if they did, they'd be purple!

Cutest satanic critter

for those who are wondering, i'm pretty sure this is what it looks like. Screenshot...cb6287.png

What did this little guy ever do to scientists to be satanic? I suspect he bit them.

He looks like he's made of cheap cloth and badly stuffed.

Fair enough...I have no alternatives.

Well does it SCREAM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Always looks like the little fella picked up the wrong coat from the cloakroom, 3 sizes too big for them.

Who is this distinguished gentleman?!

And there are literally zero figures of how many exist because they live completely underground and are almost never seen above ground.

I find this uncomfortable to look at...

Vomit Cloud

Monday morning poop

It’s so weird how eggs were actually named after a jellyfish.

I used to have three axolotls. Of all the pets I have had in my years, these are the coolest! Fascinating creatures!

I would have called it a Albino Spikey Water Gecko.

Gorgeous little guys Fun Fact there is an actual pokemon based on these little creatures called Wooper ( I tried to post a link but can't) x

I love axolotls!

I love these.

I don't see it.

I hope the jackass penguin is in this thread, too.

Beautiful

I would go bottle brush worm

The birds are called this because their calls are little "ping!"s, which sounded like people mining with their pickaxes hitting rocks

This is the only good unsolicited Dik pic.

Hey hold on, gonna send my wife a dik pic.....she's not gonna expect this. Lol

This scientist had a dirty mind :D

pronounced "xylophone"

Scientists "make up" taxonomic names for species (in this case I'm guessing Madaqua saltiana) not widely used traditional common names. Dikdik is the name originally used by indigenous peoples and refers to the sound made by the animal. It's sad how many people care so little about science that they don't even understand something as basic and simple as the difference between scientific and common names, and why that's important. This is why I have no faith in humanity's future. We're doomed by the stupidity of the average person.

If I saw this for the first this name would have also been what I call it

That isn't a deer mouse.

Long legged Mouse I would have called it, if it had antlers then a deer mouse :)