Top Ten Funniest and Most Ridiculous Organism Names
I'm not kidding, these names are real. These names will make you crack up!
You're walking through a garden and you saw a pretty little flower. You don't know what it is, so you asked a botanist, and your jaw dropped after s/he told you that it's called "naked broomrape". Strange name for a pretty little flower
Naked broomrape (Orobranche uniflora) is a species of parasitic herbaceous plant native to North America
Raping naked brooms? Yes, that would make a lot of sense to name a flower that...
Sounds like these birds are interested.
A small antelope species native to eastern and southern Africa, the Dik-Dik is known for its small size, generally standing less than 16 inches tall at the shoulder. They are herbivores that primarily consume leaves, fruits, and plants. You mess with the dik-dik, you get kick in the dik-dik.
Why only the mother-in-law though?
This is a very short name.
Fun fact: the name is Hawaiian for "triggerfish snout like a pig"
Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gates are the new romantic plants! Buzz off, roses!
I'm religious. This is so funny
Don't believe me? It's real
Nah this looks fake.
Yes, as if that's totally not going to make some people snort with laughter!
Kid: Flying Buttocks!
Parents: There is no flying buttocks here, honey.
The naked mole-rat, also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to parts of East Africa. It is closely related to the blesmols and is the only species in the genus Heterocephalus of the family Heterocephalidae.
You don't say? This is my new favourite animal.
The blobfish is a deep sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania, as well as the waters of New Zealand.