Misleading animal names

[Major Nikon]

[PoliticAverse]

1. Komodo Dragon...

Doesn't breathe flames (just has really bad oral hygiene).

[loli phabay]

2. skunk. i think predictive text screwed the name from stunk.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Mongoose, of course. nt

[Bucky]

4. Homo sapiens

Most, it turns out, aren't all that sapient.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Titmouse.

Not a tit or a mouse.

[Graybeard]

6. Angel fish.

Usually classified as "semi-aggressive" the ones I have had in freshwater aquariums have been very territorial (especially when protecting her eggs). Small fish don't stand a chance.

She's no angel.

[HopeHoops]

7. Dog.

No, wait, they are dogs.

[frogmarch]

8. The electric eel isn't itself electric, but

it can generate electric shocks of around 600 volts, so I think "electric eel" is a good name for it. :-O

Oops, misread the caption. It's electric, but it's a knifefish, not an eel.

[PoliticAverse]

10. So it can both stab and electrocute you ?! n/t

[frogmarch]

11. And also slice and dice you! :-)

[KamaAina]

9. Civet cat

Not a cat. Thus, Indonesians do not drink coffee made from beans found in cat poo.

[Odin2005]

12. "Sabre-toothed tiger", not actually a tiger.

Sabre-tools were a distinct sub-family of cats that branched off very early that specialized in hunting large prey. the huge canines were used to eviscerate. Then humans hunted the megafauna into extinction, the sabre-tooths lost their prey and so they went extinct, too.

[Recovered Repug]

13. Polecat.

It's neither a pole or a cat.

[ife6299sfe]

14. catfish?

[dimbear]

15. Meercat, flying fox, ant lion, it's a long list. n/t