fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 16 hours agoSir David Leafenboroughmander.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1243arrow-down116
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minus-squareVerqix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoStickenborough is not a stick insect, they’re a leaf insect, so would be called Leafenborough
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·15 hours agoBecause it’s a leaf insect not a stick insect. So the stick name is inappropriate.
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·15 hours agoAh, thank you. I assume that’s in the blurriness I decided not to read.
minus-squaremanucode@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·15 hours agoIt is actually in the first sentence of the last paragraph of blurriness though I could only make this out after reading the comment above about stick vs leaf insects.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoIt is. The first couple paragraphs are more legible.
Why rename?
Stickenborough is not a stick insect, they’re a leaf insect, so would be called Leafenborough
Because it’s a leaf insect not a stick insect. So the stick name is inappropriate.
Ah, thank you. I assume that’s in the blurriness I decided not to read.
It is actually in the first sentence of the last paragraph of blurriness though I could only make this out after reading the comment above about stick vs leaf insects.
It is. The first couple paragraphs are more legible.