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minus-squaresteal_your_face@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agoSo there’s barn owls and barred owls? Who is coming up with these names?
minus-squarenewtraditionalists@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoScientists have a long seemingly treasured history of trolling everything with their naming of stuff. Not a scientist, so I can’t confirm. But from the outside it sure looks like they have a lot of fun with it.
So there’s barn owls and barred owls? Who is coming up with these names?
Scientists have a long seemingly treasured history of trolling everything with their naming of stuff. Not a scientist, so I can’t confirm. But from the outside it sure looks like they have a lot of fun with it.