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Bald eagles are too bald! They have neither hair nor treads, they have feathers.
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False gharials
they are gharials
Donkey: does not open locks
Sloths?
What about dog vomit slime mold?
Hippopotamus - neither a horse nor a river.
I agree that horseshoe crabs are sorta misnamed, but: horseshoe crabs have like six fucking different kinds of eyes. Even that tail thingie is like one big eye. You try crawling around in the fucking mud and surviving for 400 million years - these beautiful bastards have no problem with it.
The Antarctic Midge sends its regards.
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erinsintra #animals that do not live up to their names
- horseshoe crab (not a horseshoe; not a crab)
- peacock (has no cock)
- sand dollar (not made of sand, actually costs 13 dollars)
- butterfly (does not contain butter)
- jellyfish (not a fish)
- cuttlefish (see above)
- vampire squid (nota vampire)
- bearded dragon (beardless)
- bald eagle (is not bald)
- sunfish (will not kill you within minutes due to intense heat if you approach it)
- ping pong tree sponge (cannot play ping pong)
- praying mantis (atheist)
#animals that live up to their names
- fly
No eyed big eyed spider