Most animals end up with names that sound perfectly normal to us because we’ve heard them forever. But if you stop and think ...

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You can add marmoset monkeys to the list of species that use “names.” But whether animals have anything more to say remains unknown. Do animals have names? According to the poet T.S. Eliot, cats have ...

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Nature often sounds serious when it’s presented in documentaries, but the names don’t always match that tone. Once you start noticing them, some animal names feel oddly funny or unexpected. These ...