<![CDATA[The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a...]]>The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a...

Butt Fang.

I cannot convey how much I love this. Biologists: we need this terminology in the literature.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/e0673d85-6195-47f8-97dd-82b92e3d08c6/the-world-needs-to-know-that-my-niece-and-nephew-decided-that-the-little-horn-on-the-back-end-of-a-hornworm-like-a-tomato-worm-or-in-this-case-an-introduced-leafy-spurge-hawk-moth-caterpillar-is-called-a...RSS for NodeFri, 25 Sep 2026 21:55:29 GMTThu, 24 Sep 2026 02:11:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:03:41 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
Im a aciesologist.
that is actually the technical vernacular.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116207327635662749/statuses/117324265637608627https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116207327635662749/statuses/117324265637608627Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:03:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:01:26 GMT]]>@farah @sundogplanets me too! Why can't people have butt fangs

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/secretsloth/statuses/117324256822676534https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/secretsloth/statuses/117324256822676534Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:01:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:00:47 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I want to draw fan art of this really badly but my dog is asleep on my arm

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/secretsloth/statuses/117324254223717793https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/secretsloth/statuses/117324254223717793Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:00:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:51:53 GMT]]>@intothewestaway @benroyce @not2b @sundogplanets …behead 😁

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonsweden.se/ap/users/115580369917439722/statuses/117324219242827509https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonsweden.se/ap/users/115580369917439722/statuses/117324219242827509Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:51:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:46:58 GMT]]>@LukefromDC @intothewestaway @not2b @sundogplanets

πŸ‘ πŸ‘ πŸ‘

excellent play

on fighting loansharks and the need to reverse the smear on the fish

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/117324199902282193https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/117324199902282193Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:46:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:42:11 GMT]]>@benroyce @intothewestaway @not2b @sundogplanets

Then there's "loan shark." Back in 2008, I was part of the successful campaign to cap payday lending interest at 20% or drive them from the city. They all bailed after the cap passed, now they are check cashing jounts. Car title lenders moved into the vacuum of course, there's alway another predator.

I made the Jaws-themed audio report below about the incident where DC's own Reverend Hagler threatened the manager of ACE Cash Express with a belt-whipping over those 391% APR loans they were writing:

I think we do need to rename the fish, even a Great White is only hunting to eat and cannot hold a candle to the vicious predators among our own species.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/LukefromDC/statuses/117324181083341096https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/LukefromDC/statuses/117324181083341096Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:42:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:41:05 GMT]]>@farah @sundogplanets then you would like this Far Side https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Thagomizer.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/vandorb12/statuses/117324176805038250https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/vandorb12/statuses/117324176805038250Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:41:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:29:50 GMT]]>@xinit @intothewestaway @not2b @sundogplanets

i have no idea

i looked it up

verdict: it's complicated

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_sharp#Etymology_and_usage

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/117324132563431018https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/117324132563431018Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:29:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:27:07 GMT]]>@benroyce
Isn't cardshark (and perhaps poolshark?) an evolution from "sharp" though?

@intothewestaway @not2b @sundogplanets

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/xinit/statuses/117324121873495706https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/xinit/statuses/117324121873495706Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:27:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:24:35 GMT]]>@benroyce

I am addicted to language podcasts, etc.
John McWhorter is great. (Great courses)
Rob Watts and Jess Zefarris have a great one - words unravelled (any platform for pods) Paired with writing (vs language) it blows my mind how we take for granted language.

@not2b @sundogplanets

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/intothewestaway/statuses/117324111892115718https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/intothewestaway/statuses/117324111892115718Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:24:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:22:31 GMT]]>@cptbutton @intothewestaway @not2b @sundogplanets

holy birds! 🀭

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/117324103782358014https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/117324103782358014Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:22:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:21:41 GMT]]>@benroyce @intothewestaway @not2b @sundogplanets

Cardinals (the birds) are named after cardinals (the Catholic officials.) because of the males' color matching the robes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/cptbutton/statuses/117324100516789765https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/cptbutton/statuses/117324100516789765Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:21:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:15:03 GMT]]>@intothewestaway @not2b @sundogplanets

language evolution is fascinating

a favorite anecdote is we usually think of the term "shark" in "poolshark" "cardshark" etc as derived from the fish

no

the hustlers came first

the fish was named after the hustlers

we used to call them dogfish or tiburon as a loanword from spanish

but then we congealed around the concept that these fish were predators, like con men and scoundrels

and "shark" in english is from german schurke or dutch schurk: villain

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Danke for the response (thank you)

Bedanke for the response (I thank you)

English is so frick'n German. !

@not2b @sundogplanets

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/intothewestaway/statuses/117324041800837202https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/intothewestaway/statuses/117324041800837202Thu, 24 Sep 2026 04:06:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:57:38 GMT]]>@intothewestaway @not2b @sundogplanets

i am bemused to learn it!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/117324005917711514https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/117324005917711514Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:57:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:53:08 GMT]]>@benroyce

Also the "be" in "bemused", is a germanic artifact. English words with the be in front are intensifiers or reflexive. To become, to bequest, to bemoan.

@not2b @sundogplanets

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/intothewestaway/statuses/117323988258773892https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/intothewestaway/statuses/117323988258773892Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:53:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:37:42 GMT]]>@tomhead @sundogplanets

it might be real someday

in medical scenarios

and not with air but with oxygen carrying liquids like perfluorocarbons. like with preterm babies with underdeveloped lungs

the colon is a membrane. CO2 and O2 can diffuse across it

*not* efficient

but potentially life saving if your lungs are fucked up

If you ask how i know scientists got interested in this during covid when so many lost lung capacity and ECMO machines were in short supply

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666634021001549

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/117323927542361232https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/117323927542361232Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:37:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:32:21 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Look, the thagomizer was named by a newspaper cartoonist, I feel like the butt fang can be named by your niblings.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/Willow/statuses/117323906516634629https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/Willow/statuses/117323906516634629Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:32:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:30:59 GMT]]>@benroyce

When my Duolingo German introduced me to krank for sick, I was more than bemused.
So many great words. I have appreciated being the recipient of years of downloading Germanic language into "English"

@not2b @sundogplanets

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(schwoop!)

"Huh? What was that?"

"That was me, sorry. I'm a butt breather."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tomhead/statuses/117323872003266405https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tomhead/statuses/117323872003266405Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:23:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:23:11 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Absolutely. And spotted wing drosophila are sawbutt flies

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/117323870471236014https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zeroes.ca/users/NilaJones/statuses/117323870471236014Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:23:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:20:59 GMT]]>Biologists, take note. The term "Butt Fang" belongs in every scientific journal, immediately. Thank the niece and nephew for this gift to language.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117231671342239672/statuses/117323861803998132https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117231671342239672/statuses/117323861803998132Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:20:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:11:50 GMT]]>@not2b @sundogplanets

🀭

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/117323825865851473https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/117323825865851473Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:11:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The world needs to know that my niece and nephew decided that the little horn on the back-end of a hornworm (like a tomato worm, or in this case an introduced leafy spurge hawk moth caterpillar) is called a... on Thu, 24 Sep 2026 03:11:08 GMT]]>@sundogplanets wow what an immaculate creature

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