Memes

45584 readers

1491 users here now

Rules:

Be civil and nice.
Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

883

Birds are great (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

45 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

not a naughty name, but I wonder what was the scientist who named "Yellow-bellied sapsucker" was going through

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That one at least makes sense, if they're drinking tree sap and have yellow feathers on their belly

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean the other names make sense with additional context

Both Tit- and Cock- as prefixes used to mean small (no laughing in the back, please)

And Hoary means grey-haired or old-looking

edit as I had to look this one up: "Booby" is an ellision of "Bobo" - as in "No seas tan bobo" (Spanish) - meaning "silly, naive, dumb..." as they tend to be quite tame birds

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't bobo also mean stupid or idiot in Tagalog?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Probably , because so much Spanish is Infused into Tagalog

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My favourite is the grey go-away-bird.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's just mockingbirds though. Lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's just mockingbirds though. Lol