18 Animals With Ridiculously Misleading Names. Where Did They Come Up With These?

It often feels like everyone in the world is out to trick you. If you think you’re getting a good deal on something, chances are you getting swindled in another way. Of course, we like to use that to our advantage when, say, we turn 29 for the third time.

As it turns out, you can’t even trust animals to tell you the truth anymore. Especially these critters who are all lying to us with their misleading names. Take a look.

1.) Flying Lemurs

2.) Australian Shepherd

3.) Hedgehog

4.) Red Panda

5.) Polecat

6.) Koala Bears

7.) Sea Lion

8.) Ladybug

9.) Mountain Goat

10.) Cuttlefish

11.) White Rhinos

12.) Fireflies

13.) Aardwolf

14.) Killer Whale

15.) Geoduck

16.) Mountain Chicken

17.) Sea Cucumbers

18.) Komodo Dragon

(via The Dodo.)

This makes you wonder who we CAN trust in this crazy, mixed up world. Okay, so it might not be that big a deal, but it does make you think about how often we take things like names at face value. Now I want to go back and rename these guys. 

18 Animals With Ridiculously Misleading Names. Where Did They Come Up With These?