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Don't be mean. I promise to do my best to judge that fairly.
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That really is why I picked my username. I think the idea of a squid leaping out of the water on a jet and then actually soaring and steering through the air is just about the coolest thing I can imagine.
if you throw cappy at them you can experience it for yourself.
False gharials
they are gharials
Bald eagles are too bald! They have neither hair nor treads, they have feathers.
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Sloths?
Donkey: does not open locks
I agree that horseshoe crabs are sorta misnamed, but: horseshoe crabs have like six fucking different kinds of eyes. Even that tail thingie is like one big eye. You try crawling around in the fucking mud and surviving for 400 million years - these beautiful bastards have no problem with it.
Hippopotamus - neither a horse nor a river.
What about dog vomit slime mold?
The Antarctic Midge sends its regards.
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erinsintra #animals that do not live up to their names
- horseshoe crab (not a horseshoe; not a crab)
- peacock (has no cock)
- sand dollar (not made of sand, actually costs 13 dollars)
- butterfly (does not contain butter)
- jellyfish (not a fish)
- cuttlefish (see above)
- vampire squid (nota vampire)
- bearded dragon (beardless)
- bald eagle (is not bald)
- sunfish (will not kill you within minutes due to intense heat if you approach it)
- ping pong tree sponge (cannot play ping pong)
- praying mantis (atheist)
#animals that live up to their names
- fly
No eyed big eyed spider
Aaaaaaaaaktually......
... peacocks have cocks and bearded dragons have beards they just aren't made of hair.
Peacocks do not have cocks. Bother male and female have cloacae(like 99% of birds)
Beard, by definition, must be hair.
Bearded dragons do not have a beard. They were named as such because thier throat turns black and puffs up. Giving the appearance of a beard.
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