fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 months agoSir David Leafenboroughmander.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down118
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minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56·7 months agoBecause it’s a leaf insect not a stick insect. So the stick name is inappropriate.
minus-squaretrashcan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·7 months agoAh, thank you. I assume that’s in the blurriness I decided not to read.
minus-squareManucode@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoIt is actually in the first sentence of the last paragraph of blurriness though I could only make this out after reading the comment above about stick vs leaf insects.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoIt is. The first couple paragraphs are more legible.
minus-squareVerqix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoStickenborough is not a stick insect, they’re a leaf insect, so would be called Leafenborough
Why rename?
Because it’s a leaf insect not a stick insect. So the stick name is inappropriate.
Ah, thank you. I assume that’s in the blurriness I decided not to read.
It is actually in the first sentence of the last paragraph of blurriness though I could only make this out after reading the comment above about stick vs leaf insects.
It is. The first couple paragraphs are more legible.
Stickenborough is not a stick insect, they’re a leaf insect, so would be called Leafenborough