“I did a lil appropriating cuz I thought it was cute”
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magnetosphere@fedia.io 4 months agoThe same reason a lot of people do: because it sounds nice. Plus, maybe flowers were what the cicada was named after. When someone discovers a species, they usually get a decent amount of leeway when naming it.
GBU_28@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
honestly it’s not just a decent amount of leeway, it’s basically free game so long as you’re not outright offensive.
There’s a gene called “sonic hedgehog”, and many other organisms with names that are specifically meant to just be funny and absurd.