Today I learned that grey seals are not always grey. #IMCC4 #StupidCommonNames
The fact that you need a permit to fish for a species of fish called "permit" is messing up my lit review. #StupidCommonNames
Spending the day at @zoomiami ! Lots of potential here for #junkoff #cuteoff and #StupidCommonNames
Scientists Are Trying To Find The Stupidest Animal Name And The Search Is Hysterical via @aplusapp aplus.com/a/scientists-twitter-stu... #StupidCommonNames
21 of the best #StupidCommonNames for wildlife | MNN - Mother Nature Network #scicomm www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/bl...
Twitter hashtag of the week: Biologists snort at stupid animal names - CNET #stupidcommonnames #scicomm www.cnet.com/news/twitter-hashtag-of-...
Biologists join hilarious Twitter rant about nonsensical common animal names #stupidcommonnames #scicomm www.dailydot.com/geek/stupid-common-names...
#StupidCommonNames Zebrafish. I always have to explain the stripes are horizontal, not vertical.
Alsoβ¦not zebras.
This Fishβs Name Is So Rude Scientists Want To Change It -uk.news.yahoo.com/this-fish-s-name-is-so-r... No one said we want to change it... #StupidCommonNames
Goddammit my #scicomm legacy is NOT going to be changing a fish name that made me giggle when I was 8. #stupidcommonnames
(Folks are obviously free to continue to contribute to #StupidCommonNames but I'm not planning on further updates to the Storify)
The Mirror has turned #StupidCommonNames into a "should the slippery dick be renamed" poll www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/... #SciComm
Scientists commiserate over the worst animal names with #StupidCommonNames http://wpo.st/bdcY0 Washington Post coverage!
(This seems to be my most popular #StupidCommonNames post)
#StupidCommonNames (with images, tweets) Β· I made a Storify of some of my favorites! #scicomm https://storify.com/WhySharksMatter/stupidcommonnames
Darwin's finches are actually tanagers #StupidCommonNames onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0014-3820.... http://t.co/geZFxqusGX
Hate to break it to you folks, but the winner for #StupidCommonNames is...Darwin's Finches! Yep. Not finches. Should be Darwin's Tanagers...
Pink eared duck does have a pink tuft, if you squint REALLY HARD #StupidCommonNames not a good field mark :( http://t.co/GlNHwY6I7u
Who would have thought I'd have to block more people over #StupidCommonNames than over this?
Storify about #StupidCommonNames (today's other great science hastag) by @WhySharksMatter
storify.com/WhySharksMatter/stupidco...
My laptop is dying (lasted through #Shweekend and 2 nights of #BigBlueLive ) so I'm gonna publish the #StupidCommonNames storify
'Bout to finish the Storify of #StupidCommonNames, if anyone has anything to add better get to it.
Snail Darter: that's like "rabbit turtle" or "giraffe mite" http://bit.ly/1UqvatF pic: Wikipedia #StupidCommonNames http://t.co/KWZOdWMGCV
Those pelagic red crabs on #BigBlueLive do NOT have #StupidCommonNames, they are extremely, extremely red.
No @mt_ur_mind the porn bots may be my fault.... #StupidCommonNames
Oh good, now we're getting soft-core porn spambots in #StupidCommonNames . That's how you know your hashtag has really made it. :-/
This is a "sawfish." Really creative, guys. #StupidCommonNames
One of these is a "Brown Stingray" and one is a "Red Stingray." Betcha can't guess which is which #StupidCommonNames