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Why don’t we just use the English or common name for organisms in science?

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Its because the latin name doesn't only talk about what organism it is, it also states what group or family the organism belongs to. This can't be done with common English names.

(Also- this is more on the down low- there is a lot of elitism in scientific jobs, which is why some names are absolutely insane)

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