That rabbit/hare post is messing me up. I’d thought they were synonyms. Their development and social behavior are all different. They can’t even interbreed. They don’t have the same number of chromosomes. Dogs, wolves, jackals, and coyotes can mate with each other and have fertile offspring but rabbits and hares cant even make infertile ones bc they just die in the womb. Wack.
These
are more genetically compatible than These
and that’s why morphology-based phylogeny has Issues
How do people think that hare and rabbit are synonyms?
What do they think about ducks and geese?
Sheep and goat? Mouse and rat? Crow and raven? Horse and donkey? Snake and viper? Wasp and bee? Lion and leopard? Butterfly and bat? Teddy and grizzly bears? Fox and wolf? Deer and moose?
How???!!!!
Lemme go through that list of yours because it’s really funny
“Ducks and geese” very commonly used interchangeably
“Sheep and goat” its anecdotal but the amount of times I’ve had to correct someone on this? oof
“Crow and raven” do you really think the average person knows the difference between a crow and raven? they Do Not
“Mouse and rat” VERY commonly used interchangeably
“Horse and donkey” not super common, but yes I’ve seen quite a few people call donkeys horses.
“Snake and viper” vipers ARE snakes?
“Wasp and bee” literally all the time my dude
“Lion and leopard” you’ve finally found one! but really, only because leopards have markings and lions don’t. leopards and cheetas are often confused.
“Butterfly and bat” you’ve found another but not really, as that’s like a fish and a camel sort of comparison and i can’t consider it valid. a better one would’ve been “butterfly and moth” but the answer for that would be yes, used interchangeably.
“Teddy and grizzly bears” …are they like. not similar? they’re both bears..no like i genuinely don’t know are they not just slightly different types of bear
“Fox and wolf” you’ve found another one!
“Dear and moose” and going out with another one! nice!
I ment it as a joke, and almost cannot believe your average person doesn’t know the differences :O
Now on to my little list: * Hare’s have longer ears, longer legs especially front legs, run like crazy. Rabbits live in holes, hares lay in the field. I would’ve thought most people would know about this due to the popularity of the hare vs turtle tale, or the Easter bunny fairy tale which is a hare.
(hare and rabbit)
* Ducks and geese are most definitely not interchangeable, this stuff you learn at kindergarden? the tree steps in size of common water foil, duck-goose-swan.
Geese have longer necks, are genreally more plumb. wider stance, and a low hanging chest area. Geese are also pretty territorial and will attack humans, ducks are the ones that can take off vertically out of the water.
Duck
goose
*Sheep are the ones that give you wool (no you don’t have to kill them for that!) and goats are those fuckers that eat everything.
(sheep left just saying)
*Ravens are bigger, have feathers on their beak, which is also more square. but yeah this one is a bit harder. and due to the fact that among ravens and among crows there are already many differences world wide.
*rats are about 4 times bigger then mouse. have a naked tail. just walk about, while mice almost always run.
*horse vs donkey
horse have an all hair tail, donkey’s more a meat tail with hair on the end. donkey’s ears are much bigger. donkey’s are generally smaller then the ‘average’ horse. *there are to many types of horse to make it more clear, and they can interbreed so there is also mule and hinny.
Horse brown, donkey grey (in this picture)
I always learned that vipers are not snakes but I could be wrong on this one. Vipers have a more triangilure head, and all have venom. only some snakes have venom. vipers have foldable fangs, and most have scales with a centre ridge.
Wasps are the evil ones, that can sting you a dozen times. bees can only sting you ones and then die themselves and they make honey. Generally wasp have a far smaller waist (wasp waist corset hint hint) the yellow is more bright, bees have a hairy middle body. wasps fly in straight lines and stop and hover in the exact same spot, bees circle around more.
yeah pretty clear difference.
*Butterfly vs bat, I was getting humoures when making the list.
*Grizzly vs Teddy bear
are you serious???
yeah same, definitely same. I’ll give my kid a grizzly when it’s born.
*fox and wolf I added this one because I’ve met people who do it wrong:
Foxes will eat your chicken, wolf yours sheep.
*deer and moose
Does it look like a deer, but is it really really big? yeah that’s a moose.
tbh it’s really cool you did this list! yeah, a lot of people really don’t know a ton about animals, and make mistakes that seem obvious to people that like. Do know that. Lol. I’ve seen people call swans ducks! a lot of people think mice are the babies and rats are the adults! even with the pictures, the goose and the duck look exactly the same (to me)! and I’ve also seen people call both hamsters and guinea pigs rats (when they. Actually don’t look alike at all.) so yknow, a list like this is pretty helpful!
