Comment on Botanic nomenclature
lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 day ago
I have no idea on why they decided to call the common European frog Rana temporaria, but “temporary frog” sounds really funny. “Eh this species name is just temporary, I swear”.
I’m also kind of surprised I couldn’t find a single species called merdicula (little shit). Seems like the sort of humour some would have.
teft@piefed.social 1 day ago
Pretty sure that temporaria is related to temporal, not temporary. It’d be like frog of the times or frog of the right season or something like that.
I could be wrong though.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 1 day ago
That would explain it. But it still sounds funny
I stand corrected. Shit-shaped moths!
LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Looking for the backstory of the frog name, here’s another gem from here.
Zoologists are fun.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m still a huge fan of fruit flies. Drosophila melanogaster= yellow bellied garbage lover
angrystego@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Black bellied, but yeah!