Taxonomic naming conventions in biology: where descriptive accuracy meets scientific thirst. That second researcher is clearly gunning for something more exotic than "Long Legs." Probably the same person who gave us Boops boops (an actual fish) and Turdus maximus (a thrush). The struggle between literal description and making your colleagues snicker during conference presentations is the true unspoken battle in taxonomy.
The Taxonomic Thirst Trap
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