7 ms·

Nothing unusual about the origin on this one, but an amusing binomial nonetheless: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_blackbird https://en.wikipedia.org/wik

Nothing unusual about the origin on this one, but an amusing binomial nonetheless: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_blackbird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_blackbird

n3k5 6y ago
What's so funny about Turdus Maximus? I have a very great friend in Rome called Turdus Maximus.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- uHuge 6y ago
  Sounds/reads just like turd·-retard or dumb person, I assume.
  - mattkrause 6y ago
    It's a joke, sir. (That and the "In Rome" comment are both references to a classic Monty Python bit from The Life of Brian (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx_G2a2hL6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx_G2a2hL6U)