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  1. CheeseChameleon1945

    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    Oh yeah, And the Endangered Lipstick goby.
     
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    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    3 from 1 genus only.
    Happy chappie
    Plain happy
    Pretty happy

    And 2 from another,
    Black gem
    Green gem
     
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    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    The Genus, Puck.
     
  4. ChIkEn NuGrEt

    ChIkEn NuGrEt Well-Known Member

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    I’m going to go with the Reef Triggerfish’s Hawaiian name Humuhumunukunukuapua’a. Not that it’s stupid or silly it’s just long and a bit funny.
     
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    Pig butt worm
    Blue-footed booby
    Wahoo
    Sweetlip swoose
    Boops boops

    The Bombay duck sounds like a normal animal name... until you learn it’s a fish.
     
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    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    Completely forgot about the Pigbutt worm! :p
     
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    This one isn’t crazy but it’s crazy long
    Central African Slender-snouted Crocodile
     
  8. ChIkEn NuGrEt

    ChIkEn NuGrEt Well-Known Member

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    What about the Bushtit. I learned about it on an EmKay video, The narrator, Jack began laughing uncontrollaby and actually began wheezing and hit the whistle note.

    Here is the link to the video.
     
  9. birdsandbats

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    Bushtit is nothing, ever heard of the Great Tit?
     
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    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    Paridae is an entire family with ruffly 55 species called tits.
     
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    ChIkEn NuGrEt Well-Known Member

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    Wow so many tits...
     
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    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Which the Bushtit is not part of.
     
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    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    Crazy long? Parastratiosphecomyia sphecomyioides
    Exactly.
     
  14. MizzB

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    How about the Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker?
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  15. ChIkEn NuGrEt

    ChIkEn NuGrEt Well-Known Member

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    Can we umm, change the subject to something besides tits I'm getting a bit... uncomfotable.
     
  16. ChIkEn NuGrEt

    ChIkEn NuGrEt Well-Known Member

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    Humuhumunukunukuapua’a is pretty long.
     
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    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    Or Lumpsuckers? :p

    But of course. :)
     
  18. CheeseChameleon1945

    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    Not really the typical name that I use for this species, but yes, Very long!

    Alright, Bye all, I'm gonna turn in.
     
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  19. MizzB

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    That can be very out of context. :confused:

    another species:

    White-Bellied Go-Away-bird
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  20. ChIkEn NuGrEt

    ChIkEn NuGrEt Well-Known Member

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    I actually prefer to use this name instead of the typical name. It's probably because I can say it without pausing or messing up, so it's a very easy way for me to assert my dominance, because the only other thing that would help me with this is the fact that I am sorta smart, and know a lot about animals.
     
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