Children is bugsmander.xyzimage fossilesque ( @fossilesque@mander.xyz ) M Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 3 months ago message-square77fedilinkarrow-up1273
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minus-square magnetosphere ( @magnetosphere@fedia.io ) linkfedilink7•3 months agoThe same reason a lot of people do: because it sounds nice. Plus, maybe flowers were what the cicada was named after. When someone discovers a species, they usually get a decent amount of leeway when naming it.
minus-square Swedneck ( @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•3 months agohonestly it’s not just a decent amount of leeway, it’s basically free game so long as you’re not outright offensive. There’s a gene called “sonic hedgehog”, and many other organisms with names that are specifically meant to just be funny and absurd.
minus-square GBU_28 ( @GBU_28@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-23 months ago“I did a lil appropriating cuz I thought it was cute” Edit downvotes from people who just googled their kid’s name
The same reason a lot of people do: because it sounds nice. Plus, maybe flowers were what the cicada was named after. When someone discovers a species, they usually get a decent amount of leeway when naming it.
honestly it’s not just a decent amount of leeway, it’s basically free game so long as you’re not outright offensive.
There’s a gene called “sonic hedgehog”, and many other organisms with names that are specifically meant to just be funny and absurd.
“I did a lil appropriating cuz I thought it was cute”
Edit downvotes from people who just googled their kid’s name