Animals With Nifty Names

sionnach commented on the list animals-with-nifty-names

Placental hegemony takes its insidious toll once again. :-) Obviously, there's an element of subjectivity in judging whether or not an animal's name is "nifty", but how about the numbat, the quoll, the Tasmanian devil, the thylacine (or Tasmanian wolf)?

February 16, 2007

chained_bear commented on the list animals-with-nifty-names

Except for numbat and quoll, I have to say they're just not as nifty as the other names on the list. Out of respect, though, and since I can't find a better reason for excluding them than that they aren't as "nifty," they're added. Thanks for the suggestions!

And anyway--it isn't placental, since there are a few birds, reptiles, a fish or two, and yes, a marsupial on this list already. Some of my best friends are non-placental. No, really.

February 16, 2007

uselessness commented on the list animals-with-nifty-names

Would you grace the dodo with your favor?

February 16, 2007

chained_bear commented on the list animals-with-nifty-names

Happily.

February 16, 2007

1478546026 commented on the list animals-with-nifty-names

Horse? Now, that's nifty. I was stunned that I did not see wombat on your list. And what about koala?

March 9, 2010

chained_bear commented on the list animals-with-nifty-names

Well, horse is okay, as words go. But I don't think it can really compare to, say, ibex or kinkajou. But wombat is on this list, as well as several others; koala is cool too; they are both on my Australia list. :) Thanks for the input! You might also like this list: the (chained) unbearable cuteness of beings, by skipvia. (Will this link work? Dunno.)

The cool thing about the list is if you click on each word, then "comments," there's a link to some cuteness or other.

March 10, 2010

kad commented on the list animals-with-nifty-names

how about quokka? (Now wracking my brain to think of other words with a double k.)

March 10, 2010

bilby commented on the list animals-with-nifty-names

jumbuckkeeper

March 10, 2010

chained_bear commented on the list animals-with-nifty-names

Is that like a raccoonnookkeeper?

kitinka: thanks! I'd forgotten that one!

March 10, 2010

kad commented on the list animals-with-nifty-names

Thought of this list when I came across cuscuses for the first time today. Cuscus is the common name for a particular species of possum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuscus

May 7, 2011