Apologies for an not catfish post, but I guess that the audience most likely to find this article funny would be this forum's audience.
17 Awesome, Nerdy Examples Of Taxonomy Humor
Han Solo (a fossil named to mirror a "fossilied" Star Wars character) is an instant classic.
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Taxonomy humor [warning: no catfish, contains mild humor]
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Re: Taxonomy humor [warning: no catfish, contains mild humor
Hmmm, this reminds me of those Turkish "jokers" who named a killifish after their soccerclub Fehnerbace. Pretty irresponsible scientists, they are in
my view.
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Do you think is equally irresponsible or do you think it is clever or funny?kruseman wrote:Pretty irresponsible scientists, they are in my view.
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That's spot on!
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Re: Taxonomy humor [warning: no catfish, contains mild humor
You get a lot of that stuff here : http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/
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Major: Now what's this... stone, stone, stone, (looks down at his hand) and scissors. Now. Scissors cut everything, don't they?
Sergeant: Not stone, sir.
Major: They're very good scissors!!
Major: Now what's this... stone, stone, stone, (looks down at his hand) and scissors. Now. Scissors cut everything, don't they?
Sergeant: Not stone, sir.
Major: They're very good scissors!!
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Re: Taxonomy humor [warning: no catfish, contains mild humor
Nice, the way I look at it if you put in the effort to either classify something or better still get out in the field and find something new you can call it whatever the hell you want.
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