Secret Music 🎵 [they/them]@piefed.blahaj.zone to Funny@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 22 hours agoA guide to nature names for your babypiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1362arrow-down17
arrow-up1355arrow-down1imageA guide to nature names for your babypiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneSecret Music 🎵 [they/them]@piefed.blahaj.zone to Funny@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareTomMasz@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·20 hours agoThere really is a screaming hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus). The name comes from its squealing when you pick it up.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·17 hours agoThat name seems a little weirder in context. It’s like calling a species of wild pig the “Bleeding Black Hog” because of how it reacts to being shot.
minus-squareNollij@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoThere is that meme floating around about a salmon learning that named a color after them. I’m sure there are a ton of other examples.
There really is a screaming hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus). The name comes from its squealing when you pick it up.
That name seems a little weirder in context.
It’s like calling a species of wild pig the “Bleeding Black Hog” because of how it reacts to being shot.
There is that meme floating around about a salmon learning that named a color after them. I’m sure there are a ton of other examples.