Thursday, March 2, 2017

The complex and scholarly process of naming baby animals

HANK, A ZOOLOGIST: What should we call a baby kangaroo?

BERNARD, A ZOOLOGIST WHO IS TRYING TO WAKE UP THEIR COLLEAGUE JOEY FROM HIS AFTERNOON NAP: Joey?

HANK: Good one! How about a baby koala?

BERNARD: Joey!

HANK: A little repetitive, but okay. A baby wallaby?

BERNARD: JOEY!

HANK: You're really losing your knack for this, Bernard.

JOEY: Christ, Bernard, I'm up. What are we doing?

HANK: Coming up with names for baby animals. Next on the list are baby wombats.

JOEY: Oh, I love baby wombats! Do you ... would you mind maybe naming them after me?


...And that is the true (maybe?) story of why all baby marsupials are called joeys.

...Also this post is better if you imagine them all with Australian accents.

...Mate.

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