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Does anyone else get annoyed when people refer to apes as monkeys or peahens as female peacocks?

Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by Jena, 5 May 2018.

  1. FBBird

    FBBird Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Apparently at one time you were allowed to eat a Barnacle Goose during Lent, because it developed from a 'fish', and an Otter, because it lived in the water and therefore of course WAS a fish.
     
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    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    What about Picathartes? They are horrible things, with their bald heads. At least penguins have fancy head-gear.
     
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    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Apparently the first missionaries to South America saw capybaras frolicking in the water all day and declared they were actually a fish. So capybara meat sales go through the roof each year during Lent.

    :p

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    Penguin Relations?
     
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    FBBird Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Picathartes are softbills, and therefore wonderful. Penguins are amazing survival machines, they just don't do it for me.
     
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    I assume you also think Coleto and Capuchinbirds are horrible :p
     
  7. Kakapo

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    Absolute sacrilege!!!
     
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    FBBird Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Coletos are lovely, I have not yet met a Calfbird socially, but I'm sure they're great.
     
  9. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    Ghastly things. I don't think a bird is a bird unless it has head feathers. I mean, look at adjutants and marabous. Bleah.
     
  10. Kakapo

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    Double sacrilege :confused: Marabous ok, as they are too common and uninteresting... but deprecate adjutants????

    I think that some bald zoochatters can feel indignated by your aversion to bald birds :D including some admin :D
     
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  11. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I'm not sure that any of what I said could be considered sacrilegious. Maybe if I'd used Sacred Ibis as an example.

    Why is it okay to spurn "common" birds like Marabous (not sure I've ever seen one to be honest) but it isn't okay to spurn adjutants (of which I've seen plenty)?
     
  12. Kakapo

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    Just kidding, man ;)

    Just my personal taste. You're lucky, in Europe (and North America) there are only marabous and more marabous. Besides rarity, adjutants are more beautiful than marabous - yes both are bald, but marabous have these curly "hairs" and these ill-looking spotting...
     
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    She claims to be a vegan, but she’ll prefer ordinary waffles over tofu waffles if you know what I mean.
     
  14. Hix

    Hix Wildlife Enthusiast and Lover of Islands 15+ year member Premium Member

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    I've seen plenty. Absolutely fugly. The Bin Chicken of East Africa.

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  15. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I don't know what you mean, and I don't want to consult Urban Dictionary to find out...
     
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    I mean that she’ll eat meat products such as waffles(which have milk I.e. animal product) eggs, and cheese. And yes, she does this while knowing that they are animal products. Come to think of it, I take back my comment earlier describing her as a vegan.
     
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    I think sometimes people, such as my American contact mentioned above, see labelling themselves as vegetarian/vegan etc. as some kind of "status symbol" when they are not what they claim to be. :mad:
     
  18. Jena

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    YES I totally do! It's like animals are not strictly to just mammals. I remember one time a grown women who is my best friend's mom actually strongly believed that insects weren't animals and I am looking at her like "the heck? of course they are what else would they be.... plants!??"
     
  19. Jena

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    are you being sarcastic or are you serious? I literally cannot tell (it's much easier to tell in person lmao)
     
  20. TeaLovingDave

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    His tongue was planted very firmly in-cheek :p although creating a repeat thread about a topic tends to go unremarked if the previous thread on the subject is old and has long-since died, creating a repeat thread where the previous thread is still active - as is the case here - is more frowned upon..... as is openly admitting to not checking whether either situation is the case :p
     
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