Fuscus

[Fuscus]

http://www.herpsearch.com/?q=Fuscus

 

[Magpie]

Whats ya point Dusky?

 

[Fuscus]

There is a
Fuscus bat
Fuscus parrot
Fuscus Flathead
Fuscus Shrew
Fuscus Frog
this amazing fuscus http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/laurie_vitt/Cfus.jpg/view.html
Fuscus Seagull

and some might think these are particully apt
a Fuscus Mushroom
and a Fuscus Sea slug !

And if you get to page 22 they mention Liasis fuscus

 

[africancichlidau]

And a Mark Fuscus

 

[Greebo]

What's all the fuss cus'?

 

[Reptile_1989]

thats a whole load of fuscus's around this world then hey

 

[phantom]

now only you would find all at out. been sufing again fuscus lol

 

[earthmother]

I've got a ficus. :?

Hold on, that's for "plant chat forum"

Em

 

[Fuscus]

now only you would find all at out. been sufing again fuscus lol

ego surfing

 

[Magpie]

Ego? whats so great about being called Dusky?

 

[Fuscus]

Ego? whats so great about being called Dusky?

Actually, another meaning of fuscus is dreary. :?

 

[africancichlidau]

Actually when you have a sense of humour like mine it is very difficult not to make a comment but as it would get me another warning I will not succumb

 

[Hickson]

ego surfing

I found the best way to ego surf was to type your christian and surname (in inverted commas) into Google and just see what comes up.

Of course, if no pages are found then it's a bit of a let down.

Hix

 

[Robert]

Bit of fuscus everywhere.
There must be alot of Fuscus to go around.LOL.

 

[Bryony]

you certinaly get around don't you fuscus

 

[Nome]

I typed my name into google once 'Naomi Redhead'. All I got up were sites with the descripton 'Naomi the naughty redhead' and other descriptions which I cannot post here. :lol:

 

[Fuscus]

I thing it is more of the case that people who name animals are biologists, not latin scolars. If you look through scientific names then you will see that a limited vocabulary is used.

This is in no way putting down the people who classify animals, something I regard as a difficult and thankless task.

 

[moosenoose]

Excuse the dumbness Fuscus on my behalf if I'm pointing out the obvious, but Fuscus is also another name for the Australian water python. Please don't ask me where I read this LOL

 

[Hickson]

I thing it is more of the case that people who name animals are biologists, not latin scolars. If you look through scientific names then you will see that a limited vocabulary is used.

Fuscus is latin for dark or dusky. I've also seen it used for animals that are a uniform brown colour. A common colour of many animals. The reason it is used often, is because when taxonomists are naming animals, it's always good to give the animal a name that describes or reflects some character of the animal. a description of a new species must include the etymology of the new species name. Colours, shapes, morphology, behaviours, location and discoverer are all frequently used as species names.

Hix