There's a fungus called Spongiforma squarepantsii.

@carl8703

17 күн бұрын

WHO LIVES IN MALAYSIA UNDER A TREE! (SPONGIFORMA SQUAREPANTSII!)

@goldenspade5993

17 күн бұрын

RUBBERY AND ORANGE AND ODOROUS IS HE! (SPONGIFORMA SQUAREPANTSII!!)

@AchyParts

17 күн бұрын

IF FUNGAL NONSENSE BE SOMETHING YE WISH! (SPONGIFORMIA SQUAREPANTSII!!!)

@secondbeamship

16 күн бұрын

We need someone to create the "Amongii" genus after the Among Us crew mates.

@OasisOnPaws

12 күн бұрын

@@secondbeamship “Helix Imposterus”

Hotwheels sysiphus is still my favorite

@Sepi-chu_loves_moths

18 күн бұрын

The best thing is it's named after how loopy and long its reproductive organs are

@dangerousbutterknife6417

18 күн бұрын

@@Sepi-chu_loves_moths The fact that "Hotwheels" is a recognized genus fills me with a very strong emotion, but I don't know which one.

@fireballninja01

17 күн бұрын

yeah we are never getting any better or worse than Hotwheels sisyphus

@lerquian1970

10 күн бұрын

​@@Sepi-chu_loves_mothsand how they keep getting longer to out compete the opposite gender

@Flesh_Wizard

10 күн бұрын

"you shall do as an appetizer"

“Gorilla Gorilla Gorilla” is so fucking funny for no reason

@notafraidofchange

10 күн бұрын

Reminds me of an argument between Tarzan and the bad guy from the movie when he’s trying to teach Tarzan English and ascertain the location of the gorillas.

@magnumbeans8030

9 күн бұрын

@@notafraidofchangeGo-ril-las!

@NahMyTurn

8 күн бұрын

"Wild Wild Horse" and "Spotted Spotted Panther" are also up there

@bowelstreak

5 күн бұрын

i think the reason is that it’s repeated three times

@NicholasHEADSHOT

3 күн бұрын

Gorilla³

the fact that the first classified dinosaur fossil was originally called 'Scrotum Humanum' cannot be forgotten. peak shitpost naming right there

@zzineohp

17 күн бұрын

The story behind it is a very good one, but I tried not to include obsolete names.

@F0g_

11 күн бұрын

69 likes, nice

@connormunro-flanagan2078

10 күн бұрын

Glad someone said it before me. I first learned about scrotum humanum from the guy who named Irritator challengeri, who was all too eager to talk about vulgar names...

@heichan8657

9 күн бұрын

i mean, if you have no knowledge on fossils, bones amd anything at all that does look like a pair of well that

@suhnih4076

7 күн бұрын

💀

you forgot hotwheels sisyphus

@HugoStuff

17 күн бұрын

Of course, named for the shape of its balls.

@Neukend

11 күн бұрын

i know what vid you took this from =D

@tessabakker662

9 күн бұрын

Dangit! You beat me to it. Ah well, there is always MinosPhrime.

@AlienSoldier69

8 күн бұрын

Ahh, 3 at last

@Anonymous37980

8 күн бұрын

I think both names have to be Latin for it to count

There's a species of frog that was discovered in Colombia and was named Allobates Niputidea. The name comes from the Spanish expression "Ni puta idea" which means No f*cking clue because they weren't sure how to name it.

@polymations

6 күн бұрын

💀

My biggest issue with video game creature names is that they are far too helpful and descriptive. Even assuming biologists didn't get to this exoplanet first, earth's common animal names include "forest man", "weaver in yellow jacket", and of course the "iunno". If biologists DID get there first, we'd have a whole new planet of "horrible bear bear", "I don't know what lizard this is but I found it in Mongolia", and "weird shrimp thing I named after my pal".

@metarcee2483

10 күн бұрын

Pokemon's recent games are pretty good about having names that make sense for the animal without being super obvious.

@StuffandThings_

9 күн бұрын

Not to mention the "I swear this thing _looks_ like a fish, its probably not but I'll go with it"

Mini mum, Mini ature, and Mini scule. All frogs discovered by one guy. They sure are mini :] maybe not the worst Latin name but the guy who brought us these frogs is an actual genius and deserves all the praise and love for them

@Vinvininhk

13 күн бұрын

Are these species names or Pokemon names?

@south452

13 күн бұрын

@@Vinvininhk to be honest I wouldn’t bat an eye if they were Pokémon since this is pretty much how their names are structured, atleast in recent gens, but it is just one guy who had the power to do the funniest possible thing and took it

@erebusthedragon8017

9 күн бұрын

Are those the ones where the same guy found the smallest, then found another smaller one, then an even smaller one?

@Pikminman1000

9 күн бұрын

Okay but these are amazing

Bruh naming skunks after a goddess of poison gas isn't sucky it is METAL. Also linguists should be forbidden from making jokes about "labia" sounding lewd, on punishment of being forbidden from using bilabial or labiodental consonants for a week.

@hydrochloric007

18 күн бұрын

The -ial suffix at least disguises it

@zzineohp

18 күн бұрын

@@JohnSmith-of2gu I can lith without those

@enricobianchi4499

18 күн бұрын

unless of course you articulate them with actual labia

@Bread_Lock

18 күн бұрын

@@enricobianchi4499 cursed

@smergthedargon8974

18 күн бұрын

@@zzineohp You used a w - detention!!

“Parapropalaehoplophorus”, a species of glyptodont is one of my favorites. It’s named after “Propalaehoplophorus”, a species of glyptodont named after “Palaehoplophorus”, a species of glyptodont named after “Hoplophorus”. Interestingly, all four seem to not be that closely related.

You're missing the most hilarious scientific names by excluding plants and fungi. Phallus impudicus, just saying.

@ratpolaris

11 күн бұрын

Amorphophallus yaoi my beloved

@cinnarollinq

10 күн бұрын

@@ratpolarisYAOI⁉️⁉️

@diarmuidkuhle8181

10 күн бұрын

And it absolutely does look like one.

@ratpolaris

10 күн бұрын

@@cinnarollinq ITS REAL LOOK IT UP

@StuffandThings_

9 күн бұрын

Don't forget about... _Clitoria fragrans_

there's a clade of fish called "Smegmamorpha" 👎

@thatoneguy5071

7 күн бұрын

There are also bacteria carrying the name 'smegmatis'. Guess how they were discovered 🥴

@redneckchemistry

5 күн бұрын

A quick search shows this is probably wrong

@nuniyoa

5 күн бұрын

@@redneckchemistry omg i spelled it wrong 😭i meant Smegmamorpha

Special shout-out to the American robin, because the Latin name’s meaning is perfectly fine (translates to “migratory thrush”) but _Turdus migratorius_ sounds like it was chosen by a bunch of middle schoolers

@dipping9432

7 күн бұрын

Tibetan blackbird, Turdus maximus

There's also the tardigrade _Neostygarctus lovedeluxe_ because even the most esteemed halls of academia aren't safe from JoJo references.

@steponkusceponas4085

9 күн бұрын

So jojo has infiltrated the louvre and now taxonomy? What's next, a statue of the joestars in hague???

@mailcs06

8 күн бұрын

I feel like this shouldn’t be surprising due to many scientists being nerds.

@chibiNATHA

7 күн бұрын

Love Deluxe is also the name of the critically acclaimed album by musician Sade

Crazy naming something BAZINGA like arent you a scientist lock in

Coprosma foetidissima would have to be up there: “Dung-smelling really stinky”. It actually doesn’t smell that bad, but apparently when the leaves dry out it gets properly whiffy, so the botanists who first collected specimens must have got really sick of it.

here are some more! i absolutely LOVE collecting awful scientific names :D - puck (anglerfish) - manipulator (cockroach) - argentina (fish) - torpedo (fish) (note: this is an electric ray. there is a british torpedo called the stingray. it's so confusing) - dracula (flower) - bajacalifornia (fish) - metallica (beetle) - mini (frog) - sus (pig) - boops (fish) - eligma (moth) and, honorable mention because i can't remember the latin name: funny-looking buttface

@e.s.r5809

11 күн бұрын

Boops boops is one of my favourites! 😂 I also like the extinct Anomalocaris, aka "abnormal shrimp thingy". Named because its body plan was so confusing, it took 100 years to figure out what the fossil was even supposed to BE.

theres a genus of beetles called gelae with species named gelae rol, gelae fish, gelae baen, gelae donut, and gelae belae

@k0valus585

6 күн бұрын

perfect

The mysterious dinner snake got me 😂😂😂

@plebeian3671

8 күн бұрын

favorite for me as well

"Schlineohp" was absolutely "Schlabbergasted"

@MysticalyAutistic

10 күн бұрын

What does this mean?

@Tufhhuyy

10 күн бұрын

I cannot believe what I'm reading

@disguysaysda4708

10 күн бұрын

wow…

Scientific latin is from outer space

@fariesz6786

16 күн бұрын

botanists be like: it _has_ to be Latin; you are allowed Greek-derived stems and you _may_ use names of real people as tribute but they _must_ be properly Latinised. zoologist be like: iunno, just make sure it's pronounceable in _some_ language

Soooo as a botany nerd I must say you missed out on the absolute GOLD MINE that is Plantae: some of my favorites: Amorphophallus titanum (giant shapeless penis) Clitoria fragrans (nice smelling clitoris) Costus ricus (while the name doesn't mean anything special when translated, it just so happens to come from... you guessed it... Costa Rica. Someone clearly saw a golden opportunity and took it) Diospyros virginiana (Virginian divine food (for those wondering, Persimmons are... decent. Definitely a bit overhyped in the name)) Heliamphora minor (small marsh vase. Nothing too crazy on this one but I just find it charming) There's guaranteed a ton more but taxonomy is just so mind bogglingly massive (IIRC most of Wikipedia articles are taxonomy related) that I can't remember any more fun ones off the top of my head so here ya go! edit: forgot one of my favorites! Encephalartos horridus, the spiny bread-in-the-head (sounds like a Shakespearean insult lmao)

My favorite genus is Dickinsonia, named after the guy who discovered it. But it can also mean... You know...

@mesozoicdecapodrevolution9979

11 күн бұрын

the species rex is literally Dickinsons King, kinda cool, not shit tho

@paleozoey

10 күн бұрын

not to be confused with Dicksonia, a living tree fern genus

@PixyEm

10 күн бұрын

Sonic fans smh

@erebusthedragon8017

9 күн бұрын

There’s also Dicksonia!

@thedigitaldummy3098

9 күн бұрын

I now know someone’s favourite Danganronpa character…

I am surprised I haven’t seen Crash Bandicoot mentioned in the video or comments. It is a species name of an extinct bandicoot relative. I know it is not in Latin, but it is a species name.

A few years ago they named a new abelisaurid theropod Kurupi itaata. Kurupi is a god of fertility and sex and the fossil was found near a love hotel. The species name means "rock-hard". EDIT: Though admittedly that language isn't Latin.

Clades/species I find funny: Han solo Ornithischia Saurischia Mini mum, Mini scule, Mini ature Agra vation, Agra cadabra Binburrum zapdos Pison eu Mmm mmm Magnapaulia Greggorymorpha Anatotitan Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis Boops boops Ia io Hypatoarchon anaxecumenes 3 of those are fake.

@Vykerocha

15 күн бұрын

Considering that scientists are a bunch of nerd, Han Solo sounds like a real one. Like Hotwheels sisifus.

@kane2875

13 күн бұрын

“Greggorymorpha”, “Mmm mmm” and “Hypatoarchon” are the fake ones, right?

@thomicrisler9855

13 күн бұрын

Please tell me Mmm mmm is a fake one

@Vinvininhk

13 күн бұрын

Can't believe Boops Boops is real, but it is! It's a fish and it's pronounced Bo-ops Bo-ops meaning Ox-eyed in Greek

@lextorcreeper4474

13 күн бұрын

One of the fakes is town somewhere in europe

I study a group of fossil panarthropods called lobopodians, and some of them have some really neat names. Hadranax augustus "Stout king of august" Xenusion auerswaldae "Auerswald's Stranger" Pambdelurion whittingtoni "Whittington's All-loathsome One" Ovatiovermis cribratus "Sieve worm giving a standing ovation" Helenodora inopinata "Helen's unexpected gift" Omnidens amplus "All-tooth giant" Amplectobelua trispinata "Hug-monster with three spines" Also Beorn leggi, named after Beorn, the bear from lord of the rings Theres also lots of related palaeozoic arthropods with fun names, with two of my favourites being Xandarella spectaculum "Fabulous little sea monster with glasses", and Cindarella eucalla, for its phonetic similarity to Xandarella, and eucalla for "beautiful"

Animantarx is great but I think Invictarx zephyri = "Unconquerable fortress of the western wind" is absolutely fantastic too!

1:05 the fact that i could recognize not only the slug, but the dead leaves it crawled on (redwood trees)

there was a mycologist called Georges Métrod who was namesake for a couple of mushroom species and everytime i see that name my brain reads it as Metroid

@PixyEm

10 күн бұрын

You sure that's not a komayto?

@fariesz6786

10 күн бұрын

@@PixyEm hmm.. _Komaytomyces puericari_ that does have a good ring to it

I'd personally like to shout out _Chironex fleckeri,_ or "Flecker's hand of death". I guess it does fall into the "species name is some random scientist" trope but like... "Hand of death" is SO evocative.

There's this one extinct lorikeet from some Pacific islands that has the scientific name of _Vini vidivici_ and the common name of 'Conquered lorikeet'. Which has to be up there.

You forgot about hotwheels sisyphus, the spider with reproductive organs as twisty as a hotwheels track

I find it absurd that one of the best scientific names is also atached to the coolest bat in existence but nobody mentions it. Vampyrum spectrum, specter of the vampire, a predatory bat that eats large insects and small vertebrates, including ither bats, it's one of the largest bats and have a face copy pasted from a random villanous bat from a fantasy show, idk why it wasn't even mentioned in the tierzoo video about bats

What did the poor vampire squid do to get these names, theyre just an goober that does nothing much other than drift around and filter feed 😔 theyre not even a squid theyre more closely related to octopus

@zzineohp

18 күн бұрын

@@Sepi-chu_loves_moths well weve always equated the ocean floor with hell, (hence the Abyssal and Hadal zones), and I think they call it Vampire cause of the connective tissue looks like a cloak

@melvinshaw7574

17 күн бұрын

Basically, because it's a deep-dwelling spiky boi whose cloak would be a wonderful inspiration for a Castlevania villain if they weren't like negative four inches long

@metarcee2483

10 күн бұрын

They look like Bela Lugosi's Dracula.

wonderful video that had me absolutely cackling I must point out that the day do drop this video scientist named a prehistoric reptile “Benggwigwishingasuchus eremicarminis” That mouth full of a genus name, translates to “fish catching crocodile”, because catching fish is such a great way to distinguish a crocodile

_Tyrannasorus rex_, a species of beetle There’s a trio of beetles named after the legendary birds from Pokémon, _Boops boops_ (apparently it’s pronounced “bow-ops bow-ops” but that’s not fun) The genus of lizards with elongated ribs they use to glide being named “Draco” is fucking awesome and nobody can tell me otherwise

-Aptostichus barackobamai, the Barack Obama trapdoor spider -Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, a moth with scales on its head that looks like Trump's hair -Tetragramma donaldtrumpi, which sounds straight up biblical

@paleozoey

10 күн бұрын

also obamadon, a fossil lizard they named after obama

@Flesh_Wizard

10 күн бұрын

Obama spider sounds like a meme from 2019 lmao

@Archimedes.5000

2 күн бұрын

@@Flesh_Wizardoh no I just remembered about the Obunga, someone really needs to name a giant cockroach species "obama"

No mention of that big spider officially named as *Hotwheels* *sisyphus?*

The name of the pterosaur Meilifeilong youhao means "✨💖BEAUTIFUL FLYING DRAGON OF FRIENDSHIP💖✨"

Cant believe he didn't mention Han solo

Hey, where's Biggus Dickus? /j

@zzineohp

17 күн бұрын

What's wrong with that name? Do you find it Risible When I say the name Biggus Dickus?

@taiko1237

15 күн бұрын

@@zzineohp Welease Bwian

I can’t believe you haven’t mentioned hotwheels sisyphus 😔

your style is amazing. earned a sub

they named a pigeon after Queen Victoria, and in the same pigeon genus, if I recall correctly the guy who found out it was a separate species sourced his pigeons from a guy who he named the pigeon after in the end

The type species of the genus _Bassariscus, Bassariscus astutus,_ translates to "clever little fox."

this was great, i need more of it!

“Aha ha” really sent me flying and it shouldn’t have.

This is the best thumbnail I've ever seen.

The thing I like about your videos is that they're quick 10-minute videos with something new and interesting. Good video, though I'd suggest Homo sapiens, since we all know how wise humans are.

There's a genus of spider called Apopyllus, and someone made what I think is the best thing to do in the situation and named a newly discovered species in the genus "now"

Sick. Commented for the algorithm.

I love everything about this video make more plss

I love how you talk it really tickles my brain

Thanos is the best genus name because it means you can say your favorite dinosaur is Thanos

I love how some dinosaurs are called "no mate lizard", and then there's "the shadow that kills" or "Fears nothing".

how about the bajacalifornia slickhead? holy guacamole they didn't even TRY with that one

Bro this is legit the funniest thing I’ve watched in a long time

This was amazing

So some scientists split Vampire squid into 2 different species, with Vampiroteuthis infernalis being the original one, and the new one being called Vampiroteuthus sudoinfernalis, which is kinda lame. But it is infinantly better than what they originally named it in the preprint, which was Vampiroteuthis southchinaseais.

Idk if the video covers it, but the black pine in Latin is "Pinus Nigra". Wow, just wow.

Someone should clip 0:00 - 0:01 and make a 10 hour version of that EDIT: you can go to 0:01 and click the backward 10 secs button repeatedly for the same effect

The second 'name' (which is a name part) is _not_ the species name. It's the specific epithet. The species name are both name parts together.

Not a scientific name but I would mention there’s a fish called a ‘bony eared assfish’

Ah yes, Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, what an obscure novel.

The darter fish - Etheostoma jimmycarter, clinton, and obama Also the titan aurm “corpse flower” - Amorphophallus titanium. Literally means “titanic shapeless penis” Or in a similar vein stinkhorns - their genus name is literally just Phallus. Straight up. Also the frog genus Mini - which boasts the species Mini mum, Mini scule, and Mini ature

There's actually another binominal bazinga. One type of orchid bee is named Euglossa bazinga.

There’s a bacteriophage names MinosPhrime but that one’s pretty cool, + Ultrakill reference

whats with the very end of the video at the last frame? what does that even mean?

There is a cockroach called Megaloblatta longipennis

Even famous dinosaurs have such silly scientific names like, "flying finger/toe". How am I supposed to take the "tyrannical lizard king" seriously, even when it does prey on the "3 horned face"? Especially when it lived with members of the genus colloquially named "giant duck"; the "thick skulled lizard from Wyoming"; and the genus "fused/bent lizard" which only contains "great belly". Or the "roof lizard" that lived alongside the "deceptive lizard", "double beam", "chambered lizard", and "different lizard". Don't forget the "arm lizard" from the clade "has lizard feet"! I also love how wolves are named "dog wolf", eurasian wolves are named "dog wolf wolf", but dogs are named "familiar dog /(wolf)". And that domesticated ferrets are "stinky little thieves".

2:49 "What about extinct animals? Well irritator comes to min-" 💀

Colpiocephalae: knuckle head Micropachycephalosaurus: tiny thick headed lizard. Ceratosuchops inferodies: horned crocodile faced hell heron.

"c. elegans" is the longest disambiguation page on Wikipedia because i guess they just keep fucking naming new creatures "c. elegans"

Hopefully by now, people of science have learned their lesson and banned naming animal species after people or cultures because dear lord

You forgot to mention the best genus of Abelisaur, Thanos

Theres a bacteriophage named Minosphrime after the ultrakill boss of a similar name known as Minos Prime. It still cracks me up when I hear about it just because it survives a ridiculously high ethanol content than most bacteriophages can handle

didn't even mention genus Phallus smh

What a shitty way to find out Neil Gayman has assault allegations.

Scientist naming something after themselves: "I want to be remembered." Scientist naming something after pop culture: "I want this to appear in a listicle."

Hotwheels Sysyphus and MinosPhrime (a bacteriophage, but still a silly name) come to mind.

@Bill-Lions-musk-dye

8 күн бұрын

Creature of ethanol…

4:08 is this wasp a reference to the Southlands from the popular Minecraft series Last Life??

@south452

17 күн бұрын

LIFE SERIES HERE OF ALL PLACES. YOUVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME HOW DOES IT KEEP FINDING ME AHA-FTER ALL THIS TIME

@gretablackwell495

10 күн бұрын

not where I expected a life series jumpscare but yeah sure why not. the southlanders have a wasp mascot now

Saurophaganax maximus has always been my favorite dinosaur name, with Ostafrikasaurus and Oxalaia being close 2nd and 3rd.

new crab just got named after teemo from league

My two favourite occasions of insect look matching insect name are "Neopalpa Donaldtrumpi" and "Heteropoda Davidbowie"

Mysterious Dinner Snake is my favourite band rn

Dracorex is almost as hardcore as Stygimoloch, but unfortunately it has met the EXACT SAME FATE.

Forgot to mention the beetle and gnat named after two metal musicians from the same band. (Nightwish)

"southern acorn commander" Austrobalanus Imperator

What about the genus of orchids _Aa,_ probably named like this to always sorted first alphabetically

Leedsicthys problematicus is an honorable extinct mention, but the king to rule them all is Gelae belae. Really the entire Gelae genus.

nothing is gonna beat the genus aaaaba for me

Han Solo, yes there is a trilobite species genus named Han, with one species hence, Solo

My ancestors are called Hetro Sapiens

we never should've had given up biology to the weird people

Surprised Thanos simonattoi wasn't mentioned

The scientific name of the largest cockroach.

I am stealing the phrase "submissive bell-end". Not elaborating on what i'll be using it for.

I heard there's a guy name some newly discovered species after Monster Hunter's monsters like putting Rathalos and Khezu in them.

Look up Ammophila arenaria and A. sabulosa. They aren't even remotely related, but they both, as the names indicate, live in sand. Suillus bovinus is named for both pigs and cows.