Too-Easily-Misinterpreted Name: An Ant Named Fukuui (opens in new tab)

Some children especially, and some adults especially especially, love to find a way to pronounce names so that those names sound “naughty” (vulgar) — which makes those children and adults (and their friends) laugh and laugh and laugh. The ant whose official scientific name is Ceratoderus fukuii is an example of this. The second word […]