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<blockquote data-quote="Vermis" data-source="post: 198246" data-attributes="member: 37487"><p>I see it a bit like the dinosaur names most people learned when they were young, but with fewer 'sauruses' and more 'pelmas'. (Everyone knows dinosaurs by their scientific names! The closest thing to a common name among dinosaur species is the insistence on calling <em>Tyrannosaurus rex</em> 'Teerex'.) And what's more difficult, <em>Lasiodora parahybana</em> and <em>Pterinochilus murinus</em>, or <em>Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii</em> and <em>Thanatotheristes degrootorum</em>? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Anyhoo, yes, I agree. It does get easier, more certain, and even a bit more informative, when you make an effort with scientific names. There are a lot of times when I look at a common name and think "Amazon... giant... pink hair... huh? Wha?", followed by "Oh, it's some form of Grammostola."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vermis, post: 198246, member: 37487"] I see it a bit like the dinosaur names most people learned when they were young, but with fewer 'sauruses' and more 'pelmas'. (Everyone knows dinosaurs by their scientific names! The closest thing to a common name among dinosaur species is the insistence on calling [I]Tyrannosaurus rex[/I] 'Teerex'.) And what's more difficult, [I]Lasiodora parahybana[/I] and [I]Pterinochilus murinus[/I], or [I]Opisthocoelicaudia skarzynskii[/I] and [I]Thanatotheristes degrootorum[/I]? ;) Anyhoo, yes, I agree. It does get easier, more certain, and even a bit more informative, when you make an effort with scientific names. There are a lot of times when I look at a common name and think "Amazon... giant... pink hair... huh? Wha?", followed by "Oh, it's some form of Grammostola." [/QUOTE]
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