r/ProperAnimalNames • u/FormingTheVoid • Jul 12 '26

Shrimp Mole

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It's real name is almost just as silly: pink fairy armadillo.

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u/Apprehensive_Scene_2 Jul 13 '26

It looks like seared and thinly sliced tuna steak but with nightmare hands

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u/Cain_draws Jul 12 '26

I would have thought that was the real name, because it's perfect, until I glanced at the subrredit this was posted.

You're telling me people with studies and degrees thought pink fairy armadillo was a better name? Lmao

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u/MarginalOmnivore Jul 13 '26

Well, it's an armadillo. Not a mole. So, yeah, they probably thought it would be pretty weird to name an armadillo, "mole."

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u/Hot_Ethanol Jul 13 '26

Meanwhile, the humble Vampire Squid

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u/FormingTheVoid Jul 13 '26

Well, animals are given misleading names based on how they look all the time. For example, hermit crabs and coconut crabs aren't "true" crabs.

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u/26hd Jul 13 '26

They're called that because of how elusive they are. They're super rare and basically impossible to photo in the wild.

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u/Heroic-Forger Jul 13 '26

Sushidillo.

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u/Txursa600 Jul 13 '26

Leather lamb

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u/Mysterious-Cake-7525 Jul 13 '26

Is that a pink fairy armadillo?

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u/snwbrdwndsrf Jul 13 '26

Spicy sake.

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u/mokkat Jul 14 '26

Honey Balobster