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‘Fashionable camo floof’: #UnscienceAnAnimal is taking over Twitter

By Australian Geographic • 31 January 2019

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SOMETIMES SCIENTISTS can be hard to understand, but the #UnscienceAnAnimal trend on Twitter is helping us out. Bat, bird and mammal experts are sharing their favourite animals, but with a twist: the anatomical features have been creatively and hilariously renamed.

Here are some of our favourites.

Skraaarrk! I love cutting edge science, but I heard #UnScienceAnAnimal was trending on Twitter and I couldn’t help myself…😂 pic.twitter.com/6NTflg5lVQ

— Sirocco Kākāpō (@Spokesbird) January 30, 2019

It's time to impress your friends with newfound animal anatomy knowledge. #UnScienceAnAnimal pic.twitter.com/H1cGBuhpC9

— Seattle Aquarium (@SeattleAquarium) January 29, 2019

This is one of my favorites! #UnscienceAnAnimal pic.twitter.com/Wrmg6esoyW

— Azurekat (@Azzurekat) January 29, 2019

If this doesn't make you smile, we don't know what will.😁 #UnscienceAnAnimal pic.twitter.com/Wg7b7zyClF

— Columbus Zoo (@ColumbusZoo) January 29, 2019

Seapig anatomy explained #UnscienceAnAnimal #seapigs pic.twitter.com/A06q7UFZ0J

— Ocean Networks 🇨🇦 (@Ocean_Networks) January 29, 2019

100% accurate Leafy Seadragon 😉 #UnscienceAnAnimal pic.twitter.com/O4VrWR6PRu

— Birch Aquarium (@Birch_Aquarium) January 29, 2019

We can't leave the fabulous #platypus out of this #UnscienceAnAnimal meme! #monotremes #mammals pic.twitter.com/gcqPkoVylh

— Dr Elsa Panciroli (@gsciencelady) January 30, 2019

#UnscienceAnAnimal
I once pulled the shell off a snail to make him go faster.
If anything it made him more sluggish. pic.twitter.com/LnUk4p8PP5

— Enigma Graphics (@EnigmaGraphics0) January 30, 2019