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What’s in a name? (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not every praying mantis is atheist some worship the moon

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bald eagles are too bald! They have neither hair nor treads, they have feathers.

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[–] CluelessDude 8 points 10 months ago

Sloths?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ahem.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-squid-fly/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Clever

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

That really is why I picked my username. I think the idea of a squid leaping out of the water on a jet and then actually soaring and steering through the air is just about the coolest thing I can imagine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

if you throw cappy at them you can experience it for yourself.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

They has achieve what other animals dont, gliding through 2 different media.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

False gharials

they are gharials

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Donkey: does not open locks

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Hippopotamus - neither a horse nor a river.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

ant eater

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I agree that horseshoe crabs are sorta misnamed, but: horseshoe crabs have like six fucking different kinds of eyes. Even that tail thingie is like one big eye. You try crawling around in the fucking mud and surviving for 400 million years - these beautiful bastards have no problem with it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

What about dog vomit slime mold?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

The Antarctic Midge sends its regards.

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#Transcription:

erinsintra #animals that do not live up to their names

horseshoe crab (not a horseshoe; not a crab)
peacock (has no cock)
sand dollar (not made of sand, actually costs 13 dollars)
butterfly (does not contain butter)
jellyfish (not a fish)
cuttlefish (see above)
vampire squid (nota vampire)
bearded dragon (beardless)
bald eagle (is not bald)
sunfish (will not kill you within minutes due to intense heat if you approach it)
ping pong tree sponge (cannot play ping pong)
praying mantis (atheist)

#animals that live up to their names

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