Biologists would never go for it. Nothing in biology is ever given a whimsical or off-color name.
Booper 2 Pooper
Submitted 10 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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xantoxis@lemmy.world 10 months ago
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
kicks Hotwheels Sisyphus under the rug
wizzor@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
My only question is, why are only amphibians measured this way?
halykthered@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Perhaps their tails are easily or often damaged?
So measuring from full fore to aft might give inconsistent results among other similar variables for the examined species, such as location, age, and weight. Going booper to pooper might give more reliable data, if the tails are often snipped at the tip by other reptiles, predators, disease, rogue mohels, swamp boat propellers, or hastily closed doors.
This is my best guess, I’m not lizardologist or a measuresmith.
memfree@beehaw.org 10 months ago
I’m also not an expert, but that was my thought, too.
More than that, even if a tail is undamaged, including it is not giving useful imformation because tail size can vary out of proportion to the main body and is pretty standard for other animals as well. For example, no one is measuring a horse to include the tail length, nor a dog, cat, and generally not a bird, either.
That said, I expect an news story about alligators on the golf course or catching invasive snakes to measure the whole body for the NEWS story and let the experts worry about the booper2pooper length in their own space.
dingus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I mean, it’s not the exact same, but human fetuses can be measured similarly with a “crown to rump” length. I have to notate this in my reports (but I include other measurements too like hand/foot length and “crown to heel” length).
Mango@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Snoot to boot
D61@hexbear.net 10 months ago
“B2P”
You’re welcome.
androogee@midwest.social 10 months ago
B2P, F2W
jaybone@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Spitter to shitter
Skasi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I just checked. My own pooper is more or less halfway between my booper and my feet.
marcos@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Reptile legs usually add length in a direction that is orthogonal to the booper-to-pooper one.
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Cotton Hill, is that you?