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  1. Just an ordinary guy

    Just an ordinary guy Well-Known Member

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    Pin-striped tit-babbler
     
  2. CheeseChameleon1945

    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    Nightmare dreamer.
     
  3. CheeseChameleon1945

    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    And the best one I've heard so far, Gobbleguts.
     
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  4. Westcoastperson

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    boops boops
     
  5. ChIkEn NuGrEt

    ChIkEn NuGrEt Well-Known Member

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    Excuse me, but what?
     
  6. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Maybe it would help if I formatted it Boops boops?
     
  7. ChIkEn NuGrEt

    ChIkEn NuGrEt Well-Known Member

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    No I mean, what THE HECK?
     
  8. birdsandbats

    birdsandbats Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    It was one Google away: <i>Boops boops</i>
     
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  9. ChIkEn NuGrEt

    ChIkEn NuGrEt Well-Known Member

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    WHO THE HECK THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PERFECT NAME, FOR A FISH? AT LEAST GIVE THAT NAME TO SOMETHING CUTE LIKE A HAMSTER!
     
  10. CheeseChameleon1945

    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    Its a species of sea bream, I always called them bogues. They live in waters near a couple continents in the old world.
     
  11. Westcoastperson

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    Sorry I did't think I would need to Italicize it
    Yes the boops boops a small fish species found off the coastal waters of Europe and Africa
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    I mean come on look at this little guy. If any fish had to be named boops boops it has to be this one.
     
  12. ChIkEn NuGrEt

    ChIkEn NuGrEt Well-Known Member

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    I mean give it to some sort of little bird, small mammal, or amphibian. This fish ain't got nothing on my boi Aonyx cinereus.

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    (Yes I know it's a baby, but my point still stands.)
     
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    No the boops boops are completely deserving of its name
     
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  14. ChIkEn NuGrEt

    ChIkEn NuGrEt Well-Known Member

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    :rolleyes:
     
  15. CheeseChameleon1945

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    Oh boy, the Wandering leg sausage!
     
  16. Tetzoo Quizzer

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    Looking this up led me to the Oh Boy! Jellyfish; any other animal name contain an exclamation mark?
     
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  17. CheeseChameleon1945

    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    Its just the Wandering leg sausage.
     
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    I meant the jellyfish.....
     
  19. Just an ordinary guy

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  20. CheeseChameleon1945

    CheeseChameleon1945 Well-Known Member

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    Sorry I didn't understand what you were getting at.