82 0 Replyafaik it's supposed to be pronounced "boo-opps"
5 0 ReplyI was saying boo-oops
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Gorilla gorilla gorilla
To save you some time
71 0 ReplySpecies named like this are called "autonymous". Like rattus rattus or puffinus puffinus.
21 0 ReplyI was interested in a list of species like this, but couldn't find anything when searching for "autonym". Did you mean "Tautonym" instead?
16 0 ReplyOh doh yes I do! Once again I got tautonym and autonym mixed up. Autonym is within a species - like homo sapiens sapiens to distinguish from homo sapiens neanderthalensis.
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stupid Buffalo latin name not being buffalo, otherwise this would fit:
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
21 0 ReplyBut its name IS Bison Bison Bison!
9 0 ReplyBuffaloan bison bison bison that Buffaloan bison bison bison buffalo also buffalo Buffaloan bison bison bison.
7 0 ReplyYAAAY
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I dont know what you're talking about. My dumb brain just completes this with:
mushroom, MUSHROOM. A snake oh no its a snake it's a.....
7 0 ReplyBuffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
mushroom, MUSHROOM. A snake oh no its a snake it’s a…
weebl it up my man
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And then there's me, the homo homo.
14 0 ReplyIt's that the Latin name for the Common Bay Area Bartender? Or do I have it mixed up?
7 0 Replyhomo homo sapiens sapiens
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tap a face to tag
8 0 ReplyMonke monke ! A shame that game got ruined by little kids
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No caracal?
6 0 ReplyIf you're cool you change languages mid name. Aquila chrysaetos.
4 0 ReplyI'll do you one better: Diceros bicornis.
4 0 ReplyDiceros bicornis
The twohorned twohorn... this is wild.
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It goes, it goes, it goes, guillotine yuh
4 0 ReplyGorilla used repetitiveness.
It was very effective.
4 0 Replyflying gorila
2 0 ReplyPersonally I prefer Equus Caballus
Ð scientific name for Horse is just a fancier way of saying "horse horse"
Humanity is not often an especially creative race
11 9 ReplyThe grizzly bear is Ursos arctos horribilis, which translates as "horrible bear bear."
7 0 ReplyWhich is kind of funny because of miscommunication, they thought they were naming a grisly bear.
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shoutout for using thorn and eth, but man using just eth as a short for "the" took me a couple seconds to figure out.
6 1 ReplyIt's borrowed from Shavian's idea of short handing certain grammar words. Were I a bolder man I'd be doing ð same for for, but, and, not, so, to, and oðers, along wið a host of orþographic reforms.
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Homo sapiens sapiens?
1 0 ReplyBuffalo buffalo buffalo homo Homo sapiens sapiens?
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