r/whatisit • u/Cultural_Fall_3255 • 6h ago

New, what is it? What is this thing.

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u/JonnyGalt 6h ago

Hmmm I never knew the English name for this. In Chinese they are called 天牛 (sky ox)

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u/Shocking 5h ago

Yip yip

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u/oxide_j 2h ago

Godammit my eyes are shit, I thought you said “yup yup!” and was like “what’s a mercenary group got to do with this…?” Lol.

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u/Ripper9910k 44m ago

Thank you

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u/hikeAndSex 3h ago

Sky Ox makes perfect sense for this creature.

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u/AMJN90 6h ago

Ooh, that's interesting! Im assuming because it flies and has the long "horn" like antennae, like an ox?

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u/Lakitu777 5h ago

And because theyre a similar size I think.

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u/NeuralHavoc 5h ago

I love Chinese for the way they call things as they are hahaha

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u/Any_Show_5160 3h ago

White tip shark
Hammerhead shark
Blue shark
Basking shark
Tiger shark
Carpet shark
That shark is as big as a whale, what should we call it?

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u/BlatantConservative 3h ago

I mean "Longhorn Beetle" isn't much different lmao

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u/seven_wings 3h ago

I mean, we have orange fruit in English.

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u/NinjaPlzGLB 3h ago

More like 不要謝謝 😂