king cobra - not a true cobra & snakes are largely self-organizing without monarchs
We’re more of an autonomous collective!
I like the philosophical implications of the word king in the context of king snakes. For snakes, it just means that their diet consists primarily of other snakes. This implies that to be a king is to be a predator who preys on his own subjects.
They’re probably anarchist
Checkmate
Secretarybird: refuses to schedule my meetings
This is just because English sucks, or English speaking people suck at naming things. Let me show you how it’s done:
In Dutch:
Horseshoe crabs are called “dagger crabs”, and look what it’s dragging behind.
Cuttlefish are called “ink fish”, and tadaa.
Jellyfish are “kwallen”, which means roughly “annoying person”, and they’re pretty annoying.
Bald eagles are “American Eagles”, you’re welcome.
A sand dollar is called a “sea coin”, because of where it lives and what it resembles, which is way more accurate.
And a fly is still a fly.
Animals who do not live up to thier names Dutch edition.
Dagger Crabs - Don’t have daggers and not crabs.
Ink Fish - Not actually fish.
Kwallen- Not actually a person.
American Eagles - Found all over Canada and upper Mexico.
Sea Coins - Can’t actually be used as coins.
In Dutch, the Common Drone Fly is also called “Blinde Bij”, which means “Blind Bee”. This is because this animal is neither blind nor a bee and the Dutch are very good at naming things
Bat (useless as a blunt weapon)
In my town there’s a shop that sells rocks and crystals etc. They also sell sand dollars for $1. That’s right, there’s a 1:1 conversion rate between sand dollars and USD.
Animals that live up to their acronym:
- Goat
Change my mind
Animals that live up to their backronym:
- pig
Pink inquisitive grunter
Animals that live up to their names ;
- Sea cucumber
- Woodpecker
- Babadook
Do babadooks actually dook any babas?
Animal that does not live up to its name:
Red Panda. Not Red, not a panda
Animal that lives up to its name:
Sloth
I’m pretty sure ca. 50% of peacocks have one.
actually, all or nearly all peacocks have cocks. the ones that don’t are peahens.
Animal that does not live up to its name:
cuttlefish - is not a fish
Animal that does live up to its name:
woodpecker
TIL woodpeckers have a massive wooden cock
Bald Eagles have no hair. Ergo, bald? /S
With that logic, the common barn owl should be called the bald barn owl. The grey-crowned crane should be the bald grey-crowned crane. The harpy eagle should be the bald harpy eagle. Also, the great white shark should be the bald great white shark, mosquitos should be bald mosquitos, and amoebas should be called bald amoebas.
