I think it’s less that biologists stopped using Latin and more that we’re running out of Latin
Well then, invent more.
People keep saying it’s a dead language, but I keep seeing it around. Sounds more like a goddamn lazy language to me!
When they come up with names like ‘Tachymenoides Harrisonfordi’ for a snake that was discovered last year, I think they’ll be fine for a while.
I love stuff like this. Here are some real dinosaur/extinct creature names!
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Sauroniops: Literally means Eye of Sauron
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Dracorex Hogwartsia: Dragon King of Hogwarts
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Thanos Simonattoi: after Thanos
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Irritator Challengeri: he was hard to dig up and scientists were angry
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Gasosaurus: discovered while a gas company was being built.
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Gojirasaurus: self explanatory
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Attenborosaurus: plesiosaurus named after David Attenborough.
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Crichtonosaurus: similar to an ankylo and named after author of Jurassic Park
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Bambiraptor sounds cute, and it’s named after the deer (because it was deer sized), but it was a fierce and deadly creature.
There’s so many more; I could nerd out forever. I miss when I was a little girl, and people would actually talk to me about dinosaurs…
Here’s hoping one of the scientists would be batshit crazy enough to name a new species Biggus Dickus.
Dino McDinoFace
we could continue to speak latin today…
They better name a dinosaur after Skuntank!
