Happy Thought for 19 May 2023
Have a Happy Thought:
Animal names are fun, even if they
don’t even always make sense in English.
Like butterflies fly, but they’re not
made of butter.
Or starfish. Not fish. They are vaguely star-shaped, though.
Here’s a bearcat. Not a bear. Not a cat.
Picture of a Binturong in a tree. Black vaguely-cat-shaped creature.Image from https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-misleading-animal-names-ever.html
King Cobra – not actually a cobra. Also, there is no evidence they follow any sort of monarchy.
So you see the problem we have in English.
German, meanwhile… well, Germans made
it simpler.
There’s a flow chart.
You’re welcome.
If this link still works, this is where I found this
wonderful flow chart!
https://twitter.com/TeaDrivenDev/status/1432748394200580096?s=03
Find more oddly-named animals (in English) here: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-most-misleading-animal-names-ever.html
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