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4 monthsIt would be kinda cool if newly discovered critters and plants had that modern naming convention for real. It’d sure make it a lot easier to remember the scientific names.
- 4 months
Well we are getting now the worst of the both worlds.
For example Sibon irmelindicaprioae or DiCaprio’s snail-eating snake.
The S. irmelindicaprioae is named after Leonardo DiCaprio and his mother Irmelin Indenbirken.
They get you coming and going.
- Klear@quokk.auEnglish4 months
There are more dinosaurs discovered (and named) these days than ever before. We’re in the golden age of paleontology.
- 4 months
Ugh. lame. My favorite dino is the CrunchwrapSupremeasaur(youknowtheone)TM
Animals are mostly still given taxonomic names in latin and then a common silly name. So there’s nothing stopping us from calling a stegosaurus Spikey Backy Tailey.
- 4 months
I would be both OK with and highly amused by scientific names like this. Let’s do it with botany and anatomy too!
- 4 months
They are finding them, in China, and they still follow th classic naming convention, but the unique parts are Chinese words,
“Key recent finds (2025–2026) include the *92-foot-long sauropod Tongnanlong zhimingi, the spiky herbivore Haolong dongi, and the 39-foot-long Huashanosaurus qini”
- Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.caEnglish4 months
There’s a scene in Jurassic World where the one character basically says this and gives off a bunch of corporate horror names and its so funny to me.
- 4 months
Thought this post was going to follow the path of sports stadiums and show gratitude we don’t have an Oraclesaurus brought to you by your boy Larry
