not like pet name.
2007-03-25 15:14:37 · 22 answers · asked by thatonegirl 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
I've always thought that "Stygimoloch" was an odd name... Its a dinosaur and the name basically means "Horned Demon from the River of Death".
2007-03-26 08:40:12 · answer #1 · answered by pseudoangel80 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've always thought that the name 'flying lemur', which is one of the common names of the colugo was pretty weird.
It doesn't really sound that strange on the surface, but when you think about the fact that it doesn't actually fly (it glides, using membranous patagia between its legs, like a sugarglider or 'flying' squirrel), and it is not closely related to lemurs at all, the name really doesn't make sense.
It would be better to call it the non-flying non-lemur.
2007-03-25 16:18:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The blue tailed skink. It's a lizard.
I before E except after C, and not in Eigh as in neighbor and weigh. And weird is just weird.
2007-03-25 15:19:08 · answer #3 · answered by Corran 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like Draculatus toothus. It's a wierd looking octopus that lives about 2 miles down. They just discovered them last year and they do look like they have teeth all over their tentacles.
2007-03-25 17:07:20 · answer #4 · answered by lightening rod 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This isn't really a weird name but hippopotamus is a fun animal name to say.
2007-03-25 15:17:10 · answer #5 · answered by Matt R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My personal favorites are the wild Somali @ss or the ever funny coccolithiphorans.
2007-03-26 10:20:52 · answer #6 · answered by pathc22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yaks
2007-03-25 15:17:36 · answer #7 · answered by StarlightSweetie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dik dik. It's an African deer that is about the size of a house cat.
2007-03-25 15:21:50 · answer #8 · answered by hermione_speaks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about the hoopoe, a bird whose scientific
name is Upupa epops.
2007-03-26 05:05:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Platypus.
2007-03-25 15:16:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋