Megaloblatta Longipennis
ngl this meme delivered
Biggus Dickus
Do you find something wiseable about the name
Biggusssss
Dickussssss???
Imma upvote you for the quote, but YSK it’s “risible” which is an additional layer of humour if you’re familiar with Latin (which was what the Romans spoke), because “risible” is an archaic English word from around the 1600s meaning “to provoke laughter”, which is itself based on the Latin word “ris”, which means “laugh”. “Ridere” means “to laugh” and “ridiculus” means “laughable”.
Haha latin nerd. Thanks though.
Why does ‘getting a rise out of sb’ mean to make them angry then?I don’t think that comes from Latin, it probably refers to a fish rising to take bait on the water.
He has a wife you know…
Any nerds with a tendency to lore/info dump have any reason why the scientific name of roach is Long Dick Johnson? Was those old scientists trolling us or?
Hello. I am not an expert. But I went to read the species description from the 1800something paper. There is nothing to suggest it has a penis or some kind of reproductive organ of remarkable length. Instead, it does seem to have very long wings, and since cockroach forewings have a pennate structure, it stands to reason to think that the perpendicular venations in the wing are long, because of a combination of angle and length available. Therefore longipennis.
Now this is just guessing, so of there is someone who knows better I’d love to hear about it.
Indeed, it is in reference to its long wings, not a penis. There are several other insects and birds whose scientific names include this term.
Cheers!
TIL
Solid educated guess, damn!
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It’s because the scientist who named it had a fucking long dick. Thus the name.
Sounds logical, after all you need BDE to name a cockroachlongpennis.
Megaloblatta longipennis
Megaloblatta Longipennis
Megaloblatta Longipennis
Somehow it looks veiny, black and kinda nsfw…
Megaloblatta longipennis
Megaloblatta Longipennis
Meh… Checked. Underwhelmed, meme overplayed it
