I know that 'squat lobster' is an actual subcategory of lobster so they may have been stuck with that part, but geeze, you could still come up with something better than 'hairy' to describe it!
April 11, 2009
bats :[ said...
Maybe those other names were already taken? Yes? No? Okay, I got nothin'.
OTOH, "Squat Lobster" scans nicely into the B-52's "Rock Loster."
bats, if anything that another strike against the name.
April 17, 2009
Juliet showed typical teenage foolishness when she asked what was in a name. Names are important. My wife and I deliberated for quite some time over the naming of our children. Scientists are compelled to name everything. Names have power.
So when you look at the creature below, what are some of the possible names you might think of? Morgan, who sent me this photo, thought of "brilliant pygmy lobster" and "magnificent violet lobster". Or you could go with "spiny jeweled lobster" or "resplendent lobster of joy". So many possibilities. But guess what this creature's common name is? Hairy Squat Lobster (lauriea siagiani).
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Close this window Jump to comment formDisco Diamond! Haha the colors make me think of disco strobe lights... and it's beautiful, like a diamond? I'm lame!
April 10, 2009
on the bright side, when you finally meet him he's so much prettier than his name, i guess?
April 10, 2009
Poor guy... just got to remember, it's only a name!
April 10, 2009
It should be named Fraggle Rock Lobster! (Say in Fred Schneider voice) It looks so like something Jim Henson would have made. :)
April 10, 2009
Should have called it the Purple Cactus Lobster. :)
April 10, 2009
Talk about being ripped off! My vote would have been for...
"resplendent lobster of joy"
I thought that was perfect!
April 10, 2009
Now THAT's a lobster!
I know that 'squat lobster' is an actual subcategory of lobster so they may have been stuck with that part, but geeze, you could still come up with something better than 'hairy' to describe it!
April 11, 2009
Maybe those other names were already taken? Yes? No?
Okay, I got nothin'.
OTOH, "Squat Lobster" scans nicely into the B-52's "Rock Loster."
April 17, 2009
bats, if anything that another strike against the name.
April 17, 2009