Nonsense

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WadeTheWizard@fedia.io · 44 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The guy in charge of inventing new slurs got transferred to the bird naming division at the word factory.

Kertyna@feddit.nl · 12 pts · 1y

I smell a Ryan George video.

ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I wanna see the observational notes on go-away-bird.

Darrell_Winfield@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y (1 reply)

See for yourself here! Apparently the call sounds like "go-way", which I can KIND OF get from the audio clip on that page? Not sure I would have naturally made that connection, but sure.

ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

Well, that's the creepiest thing I've listened to today. Also, strangely accurate. Thanks.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 1y

i believe its because of the sound it makes when its startled

friend_of_satan@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Satanic Night Jar? Fuckin badass band name.

KTJ_microbes@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 1y

jollyrogue@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

That name goes hard!

miked@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Goatsucker? The bird form of chupah cabra?

moakley@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

That made me look it up, and it turns out goat sucker birds predate the chupacabra by a couple thousand years. There was a myth that these birds drank goat milk (from the goat).

I remember reading the Dragonlance books in the 90s, and one character would talk about a cryptid called the "Goatsucker Bird" that was an amalgamation of those two things, and now I finally get that joke.

icelimit@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Birds named with literal Pokémon logic

IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

some birds are called after their bird calls. Ie, birds that call their own names like Pokémon.

Kea

zqwzzle@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

So what does the Pokémon that runs around screaming “goatsucker” do?

moakley@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Depends on whether or not there's a Gogoat or a Skiddo in the team.

If there isn't, then not much.

Zerush@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y

Not only in birds, also other animals eg. Mastodon = Titts tooth

others

https://factanimal.com/fun-stuff/funniest-animal-names-in-the-world/