When it comes to animals, the rename-game is a fun one. Here are a few you may not have seen before… [via SBSG]
18 Brand-New Better Names for Animals
When it comes to animals, the rename-game is a fun one. Here are a few you may not have seen before… [via SBSG]
Great follow-up to the prior list.
Danger Noodle can also be Nope Rope
I want everyone to read the above comment again because that is hilarious.
And here I thought Sea Flap-Flaps were called Sea Pancakes
lol I thought I was the only one. also it should be Majestic sea flap flap
Zee beeg sea pancakes, zee leetle sea pancakes, all zee beyutiful sea pancakes een zee ocean…
Sea Pancakes = Skates, which are round.
Sea Flap Flap = Rays
Majestic Sea Flap Flap = Manta Ray
Thank you, science side of Tumblr
I love these. It made me a little less terrified while sitting in my dentist’s waiting room. Thanks, Jeff!
The last one is actually called “sea dog” in german
That is the best news I’ve heard all day.
sea dog in chinese too
Does that mean they eat it?
That garbage will eat anything.
In my language sea dog is a name for shark
In Arabic too
Is the 2nd to last picture really a snapping turtle?looks like a sea turtle…..
It is indeed a sea turtle, a Green Turtle to be specific. While it’s not a snapping turtle, they still snap, and can do some serious damage, so the name still fits.
Not really, sea turtles are really chill. They CAN snap, but they most likely won’t.
There’s a video out there of a sea turtle that had a plastic straw lodged in its nose and these people had to pry it out with pliers and no sedative for the turtle. It look terrible with blood gushing everywhere and the guy straining to pull it out. Meanwhile the turtle didn’t snap once.
On the other hand the snapping turtle will tear the shit out of you.
There’s two varieties: the alligator and the leatherback.
Sadly the alligator snapping turtle is endangered while the leatherback is over populated and people mix the two up constantly. What’s worse is that the alligator looks mean as hell, covered in spikes, but is very placid. While the leatherback looks sweet but will tear a chunk out of you in a heartbeat.
The end result is that the alligator gains its cousin’s reputation for being mean, while at the same time people think they’re common because they see leatherbacks all the time and think it’s the same species and in turn kill them.
WOw, I actually did not know that. I really thought the alligator snapping turtles were the common ones. Thanks! (Sincerely)
Okay, let’s do people now!
Whites – Squash Gobblers.
Sea dog. In dutch we call it a “zeehond”. Which translates to sea dog.
Yes in German it’s the same “Seehund”