Today on the show we’re talking about ridiculous species names, and learning all about the animals behind them. Can you really judge a pigbutt worm by its name? Or a screaming hairy armadillo? Or a lumpsucker fish?

Footnotes:
Pigbutt worm:
Pigbutt worm face: 
Lumpsuckers! 
Lil lumpsucker sucking on a finger
Lumpsuckers on balloons
Lumpsuckers sucking on lumpsuckers
Tassled wobbegong
Hellbender salamander
Screaming hairy armadillo
Screaming hairy armadillo, well, screaming
Cinereous mourner
Cinereous mourner acting
Fried egg jellyfish
Red-lipped batfish
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/p/proboscis-monkey/

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Today on the show we’re talking about ridiculous species names, and learning all about the animals behind them. Can you really judge a pigbutt worm by its name? Or a screaming hairy armadillo? Or a lumpsucker fish?Footnotes:<ol>
<li>
<a href="https://www.ourbreathingplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2-76.png">Pigbutt worm</a>:</li>
<li>
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4f99aErSZsI/T4iBh-uSyvI/AAAAAAAAGd8/0QF6zX8zCeI/s400/pompeii-word-bristle-worms-alvinella-pompejana.jpg">Pigbutt worm face</a>: </li>
<li><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Toad_and_spiny_lumpsuckers.jpg/400px-Toad_and_spiny_lumpsuckers.jpg">Lumpsuckers! </a></li>
<li><a href="https://cms.qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cool-fish-baby-lumpsucker-cute.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1400">Lil lumpsucker sucking on a finger</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjfvFTZ-W88">Lumpsuckers on balloons</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxm-2CKmUZw">Lumpsuckers sucking on lumpsuckers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dlanimals/photos/tasselled-wobbegong-trying-to-portray-both-a-vinyl-record-produced-by-its-favour/329920714395753/">Tassled wobbegong</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/photos/000/746/74665.jpg">Hellbender salamander</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kilo943.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/screaming-hairy-armadillo.jpg">Screaming hairy armadillo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hdIeDuHl-g">Screaming hairy armadillo, well, screaming</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2014/12/10/the-caterpillar-defense/">Cinereous mourner</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ4yWOMzsC4">Cinereous mourner acting</a></li>
<li><a href="%20https://marinemadnessdotblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/fried-egg-jelly.jpg?w=614&amp;h=346">Fried egg jellyfish</a></li>
<li><a href="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/qHQB-u8cbZwuzDDzkvDLiOsWhQM=/0x108:1280x828/1600x900/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/49802009/red-lipped-batfish.0.0.jpg">Red-lipped batfish</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/p/proboscis-monkey/">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/p/proboscis-monkey/</a></li>
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