[DoctorBeaver (OP)]

No, it's not what a lap-dancer wears! It's a type of shark.



When I came across the name, I knew i just had to share it  []

[ukmicky]

Hi doc

I've got a name  you yellow-bellied sapsucker

[DoctorBeaver (OP)]

Good one, Micky. I wonder what other good names people will come up with.

[RD]

Heerz lukenatcha – Marsh, 1993 (braconid)
Heerz tooya – Marsh, 1993 (braconid)
Verae peculya – Marsh, 1993 (braconid)
Ba humbugi – Solem, 1983 (endodontoid snail)
Ytu brutus – Spangler, 1980 (water beetle)

http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/

[DoctorBeaver (OP)]

Heerz lukenatcha – Marsh, 1993 (braconid)
Heerz tooya – Marsh, 1993 (braconid)
Verae peculya – Marsh, 1993 (braconid)
Ba humbugi – Solem, 1983 (endodontoid snail)
Ytu brutus – Spangler, 1980 (water beetle)

http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/

Excellent. But weren't those names meant to be humourous?

[ukmicky]

To RD they may be []

[DoctorBeaver (OP)]

There are lots of different wobbegongs! Gulf, Western, Japanese, Spotted, Ornate, Northern, Dwarf Spotted, Cobbler & False Cobbler.

I don't think I fancy having a Dwarf Spotted Wobbegong  []

[RD]

To RD they may be []

Not vulgar enough, ok...

Batrachuperus longdongensis (salamander)
Texananus longipennis (leafhopper)
Turdus fumigatus (cocoa thrush)

http://zipcodezoo.com

[DoctorBeaver (OP)]

Arseeholus Geriatricus - Texan geologist!  []

[dentstudent]

There is a Blue-Footed Booby.....

[Don_1]

You silly Great Bustards. Otis tarda

I' off for a Shag. Phalacrocorax aristotelis

[DoctorBeaver (OP)]

You silly Great Bustards. Otis tarda

I' off for a Shag. Phalacrocorax aristotelis

You tit!

[dentstudent]

I like the irony of BBC spring watch etc being hosted by a small bearded tit.

[dentstudent]

and a bit of trivia (which I hope isn't urbam myth) the football game Subbuteo was so called because its inventors favourite bird was the Hobby, and the latin name for it is "Subbuteo".

[Don_1]

You silly Great Bustards. Otis tarda

I' off for a Shag. Phalacrocorax aristotelis

You tit!

Great, Blue or Coal?

Personally, I think you could have at least toned down your language and said "Booby" Sula nebouxii

[neilep]

The Swallow:  Fellatio Bellyfullnis  

[DoctorBeaver (OP)]

and a bit of trivia (which I hope isn't urbam myth) the football game Subbuteo was so called because its inventors favourite bird was the Hobby, and the latin name for it is "Subbuteo".

Falco Subbuteo, actually.

[DoctorBeaver (OP)]

The Swallow:  Fellatio Bellyfullnis  

NEIL! I'm aghast at you.

[dentstudent]

Falco Subbuteo, actually.

Rock me Doctor Beaver

[neilep]

The Swallow:  Fellatio Bellyfullnis  

NEIL! I'm aghast at you.

oops !!....me make bad thing !?..sorry !