Wednesday 29th October 2025
Difficulty: Very hard
Amusing scientific names (#1,076)
A Titan Arum plant - see question 3. Photo by David Clode (Unsplash)
1. What type of creatures used to belong to the genus Fartulum, before they were reclassified under the Caecum genus?
2. What type of birds are Turdus maximus, Turdus merula, and Turdus migratorius?
3. Which naturalist gave the name "Titan Arum" to the famously smelly plant Amorphophallus titanum, because he/she considered the scientific name "too rude" for TV audiences?
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