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Straight to the point (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/funny

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago

My favourite example of a straight-to-the-point animal name:

There's a species of turtles. Goofy looking fellas with big heads. So what are they called? Big-headed turtles. OK, but surely the Latin name is sensible? No, it's megacephalum. Totally a band name.