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TIL there's a species of fish called Boops boops.

https://lemmy.ca/post/52451679

TIL there's a species of fish called Boops boops. - Lemmy.ca

Lemmy

Sep 28, 2025 at 5:48pmWeb
Show threadPaul DryeSep 28, 2025
Though it’s pronounced boh-ops boh-ops, alas.
Show threadRavindraNemandiSep 28
I know that this is true, but i refuse to abandon the superior pronunciation.
Show threadripcordSep 28

Right.

You say boops, I say boops.

Boops, boops, boops, boops,

Let’s call the whole thing off.

Show threadBerylSep 28
The name’s Boops. Boops Boops.
Show threadkbalSep 28
TIL there's a Swedish website called fishbase that has info about all kinds of fishes.
Show threadLost_My_MindSep 28
Are they red, and gummy, and delicious in small smounts?
Show threadZachariahSep 28
and only sweet-ish?
Show threadSkybreakerEngineerSep 29
Also the roly poly kind. Eat them up, yum!
Show threadBlueÆtherSep 29

You may like this one, the is a group of plants in NZ Hebejeebie spp.

From the type description:

Hebejeebie gen. nov.
Fruticuli alpini, foliis decussatis non bijugatis, foliorum trichomatibus longis glandularisque, inflorescentiis paucifloribus, floribus grandibus, et antheris purpureis.
Alpine subshrubs with decussate, not bijugate, phyllotaxis, leaves with long glandular hairs, few-flowered inflorescences, large flowers, and purple anthers.
Type species: Hebejeebie densifolia (F. Muell.) Heads.
Etymology: The name refers to the anxiety these plants have often caused taxonomists.

Show threadBagsSep 29

The “Boops Boops in a bucket” photo used to be the main article image on Wikipedia and it tickled me in just the right way, I screenshotted it in 2021.

I went to check on it a couple years later after telling someone about it, and the photo was completely gone from the article! I was so sad. But I still had my screenshot.

Looking now, the bucket photo has returned further down the page!