elodieunderglass:livebloggingmydescentintomadness:i just feel like you guys should see this thread a
elodieunderglass:livebloggingmydescentintomadness:i just feel like you guys should see this thread about foxesFor some reason, when biologists want to describe “the assemblage of morphological features shared among many members of a phylum-level group” we say bauplan. Which is German for “body plan.” But even if you don’t speak German you say “bauplan” anyway. So this is a very hilarious Social Media Discourse from someone who has forgotten that the word “bauplan” is an instant giveaway that you are actually a biologist and that makes it fantastic it’s like when robots try to pretend that they’re human but better -- source link