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[-] Toes@ani.social 61 points 6 months ago

Glad to see we're giving up the Latin/Greek naming scheme after a thousand or so years.

[-] kernelle@lemmy.world 42 points 6 months ago

It's always "but it comes from the Latin and it means cute fury flying thing". Why not just name it Cute Bee Furry Face and be done with it?

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Doesn't sound as cool imo.

Wouldn't have gotten badass names like velociraptor.

[-] Toes@ani.social 16 points 6 months ago

Speed Dragon sounds cool too though

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

I always wondered what names we would call dinosaurs by if we lived contemporaneously with them.

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