OP missed a good opportunity to title this post "goriginallity"
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2025
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See also: Eurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)
Ursus is Greek for bear and arctos is Latin for...bear.
It's the bear bear bear!
Bonus fun fact: Arctic means "the place with bears" and Antarctic means "the place without bears"
Arctic and Antarctic don't mean anything about actual bears. They are named after the Ursa Major constellation. The absence of bears in Antarctica is a coincidence.
You're fucking kidding me
I'm renaming the arctic from now on
Bearritory
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Ignoring capitalisation you can add as many buffalos as you like and still be parsable. I've only ever heard buffalo used as a verb in this one context, though, so seems a bit forced to me
gorilla together stronger
I miss those days, now it’s all boring version control
Maybe at some point we'll have version control for all DNA mapping so each minor change is a commit hash and each major release is a tag
Is the other species the Western Highland Gorilla(Agorilla gorilla gorilla)?
Edit: it's not, it's the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) Also, here's a graphic for y'all to enjoy:
If you have a problem with neurodivergent ape namers, please understand that you’re wrong wrong wrong.
I mean, just look at 'em
10/10 gorilla
"That one to left, that's the most gorilla that can ever gorilla. Look how hard it's gorillaing! Name it accordingly."
some one tell him about Buffalo
That's how gorillas pronounce their name
That's Grape Ape. I suspect you wanted Magilla Gorilla
nope, purposefully the purple beast. i was goin for the ape consonance
I'm guessing you've never heard of Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger
seems like an OK name.
Gorilla!
Cartoon Network Groovies (Gorilla 4 Sale) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_oaVD4NzYo
I was literally thinking of this.
Zoologists were all "we need the type species of every genus to have the generic epithet" and then someone raised their hand and yelled "what about subspecies?" and they went "screw it, same rule applies for subspecies" and then it turns out the whole thing was a just a prank on Thomas Savage because it's not like anyone was about to rename humans to Homo homo