Funny Named Animals Species. Many different fish species are named after other animals (lionfish, butterflyfish, frogfish, snailfish, just to name a few), the oyster toadfish (opsanus tau) has the privilege of being named after two different animals. A small nocturnal primate, this species can live in wet and dry forests, as well as lowland and highland areas.
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With latin names and encyclopedia entries for every species, the natural world is more documented than ever before in history.
But this becomes increasing difficult with so many new names added every year. It’s just a collection of sounds. Species counts are biased by our tendency to study certain organisms more than others. Sometimes you wonder what people were thinking of when they named animals.take “manta ray” for instance.
