Insulting Taxonomy Living Things Named Out of Spite

Every organism in the world has a common name and a scientific name. You have a cat, and it is also known as felis catus. Outside you might see a raven, while a scientist could classify it as corvus corax. While these names are fairly mundane and very scientific sounding, that’s not always the case. Not every name is a truly Latin or Greek description of the organism that it’s applied to. In fact, the biologist or scientist to discover an organism often gets to apply any name they would like to the creature. Many have been named in honor of celebrities, such as Scaptia beyonceae, a fly named for Beyonce. But not every name is so polite. Sometimes spite gets into the mix. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Our other YouTube Channels: Biographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ/ Geographics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw/ Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Other TopTenz Videos: Terrifying Scientific Theories and Hypotheses (Part 3) https://youtu.be/O1k3GUMCu3k The Most Important Moments for Life on Earth https://youtu.be/2mKNv6VzR1s Text version: https://ift.tt/3lk2ubt Coming up: 10. Linnaeus Laid Out the Stinkweed 9. The Blind Trump Amphibian 8. The Prehistoric Pig 7. The Russian Parasite Wasp 6. The Tiny Trump Moth 5. The Mosasaurus Feud 4. The Feud Continues 3. A Final Punch is Thrown 2. The Good for Nothing Spider 1. The F-Bomb Beetle Source/Further reading: https://ift.tt/2YwUTfV https://ift.tt/31wpBI4 https://ift.tt/1UVBb57 https://ift.tt/32tUyeV https://ift.tt/2EFYjWI https://ift.tt/3lmjYE4 https://ift.tt/3lvNHdU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI8AU2ZfGZ8&feature=emb_logo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuLOfYKu8tk https://ift.tt/2ExJMdo https://ift.tt/2LnxqpL https://ift.tt/3lhmLyt https://ift.tt/3hvK0m5 https://ift.tt/32q4u9y https://ift.tt/2ECNtRf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8p-B_u7GiU&feature=emb_logo https://ift.tt/2j8aYpQ https://ift.tt/2vNLzrA https://ift.tt/2FXhBHv https://ift.tt/2Et49uG https://ift.tt/2YwUTwr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XI6Y6CV2MY https://ift.tt/2YEpyrL https://ift.tt/2YBBZEC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRQ-RSNImIM https://ift.tt/32rNhfV https://ift.tt/2YBdSWF https://ift.tt/3b0xBEb https://ift.tt/1Nc5VZn https://ift.tt/3lfzX6V