Wikipedia makes a biological funny

November 5, 2015 • 8:00 am

This came from a tw**t by Academia Obscura, though I haven’t yet found the page on Wikipedia. Can you spot the humor? (See below if you missed it.)

https://twitter.com/AcademiaObscura/status/661038843676749824/photo/1

h/t: Matthew Cobb (who’s “out of the country on University business”)

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I find it hilarious:
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43 thoughts on “Wikipedia makes a biological funny”

      1. Strange – the picture in my email of the post was only the second one so I made my first comment without seeing the original tweet – doh!

  4. Got it! (Without peeking ahead.)

    And good to see that WordPress won’t let me forget to fill in my ID anymore.

      1. Agreed.

        I find if I very quickly hit the ‘Back’ button I can sometimes salvage it.

        cr

        1. I was wondering why it was sometimes there and sometimes not! Thanks! (I’d been thinking salvaging it tended to be inversely related to the length of the composition…Now I suspect I was just spending too much time cussing out WP.)

        1. I am completely unoffendable. No apologies needed and no worries either, since I romantically fantasize that I am greater than others even if I have the reading comprehension skills of a thirteen year old.

    1. Between the Isles of Eriskay and Barra it’s an hour-long ferry ride. The ferryman’s job is to report to the authorities every time dolphins follow the boat.

      And delightful it is as they play with it across the light blue waters of the sound. What a job that man has: although I never saw a minke whale. x

      1. II used to keep marine mammal ID forms in my working briefcase after the first time I saw a whale swimming past the rig I was on. Never used them in the next dozen years.

      2. I have twice been on whale watching trips in the waters between Ardnamurchan, Mull, Coll and Muck and on both occasions we saw Minke whales as well as basking sharks, large numbers of harbour porpoises and lots of sea birds (huge flocks of manx shearwaters), not to mention sea eagle on the coast of Mull. I don’t think we were exceptionally lucky and I would strongly recommend this trip to anyone visiting the area. There is lots of other great wildlife to be seen from the shore as well.

        1. Sounds magical, Jonathan: yup, on arriving on Eriskay one time, my brother and I walked down to the white strand of Prince Charlie’s Bay to peer across the waters to Barra, Ben Scrien rising behind us to Eriskay’s highest point: there gliding above us was an eagle – sea eagle or not we couldn’t tell. What an introduction to a Western Isle.

          There’s been a recent BBC4, I think, prog about some chap wandering around the Scottish isles: lovely views, stories and characters; probably still on the i-player. x

  9. Got it right away, and lol-ed! (Hard for the careful reader to miss, I’d say. Even those unfamiliar with the word would notice it wasn’t the right one.)

    Such fun to come across such wittiness where one least expects it. 😀

  11. Science humor. I say it is an order of magnitude funnier than a spray of seltzer water in the face and and a wedgie.
    While we are at it, of course the Onion is a great source of high-brow humor. Did you know that scientists had found details smaller than minutia?

  16. Caught it on the first pass (& thought it very fine, indeed. I adore puns).

    [Incidentally, hello Prof. CC et al. …
    *waves to everyone*
    I haven’t commented for ages due to demands associated with (1) completing my Master’s this summer, (2) commencing my PhD in September, but I didn’t abandon WEIT: I’ve continued to read via Feedly. Things should slow down slightly in a month or so — until then, sláinte!]

  17. Finally, a pun where it makes sense when read both ways. It should be preserved for its rarity value alone.

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