Sometimes, however, the origins of these names are far more convoluted, as with the strange-tailed tyrant, ... Here are 20 animals with ridiculously funny, weird, and silly names.

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But this mammal, which looks a bit like a badger in the artist rendering based on the skeleton, is so well preserved that it includes cartilaginous tissue, small bones and the creature’s short tail.