{"id":134,"date":"2025-09-04T18:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T01:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bzzwords.com\/flotsam\/?p=134"},"modified":"2025-09-27T15:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T22:08:47","slug":"biological-taxonomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bzzwords.com\/flotsam\/2025\/09\/04\/biological-taxonomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Biological Taxonomy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Before Bzzwords University, I was completely ignorant about biological taxonomy. There, I said it. I knew next to nothing about the scientific study of how to classify, name, and categorize living organisms. Walking down the street, wags and wiseacres could call me names like &#8220;dunderhead&#8221; or &#8220;clodpoll&#8221;, and they&#8217;d be right. But all that has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- Horizontal Ad with Label -->\n<div style=\"position: relative; margin: 1rem 0;\">\n  <div style=\"text-align: center; color: #666; font-size: 0.8rem; margin-bottom: 0; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1px;\">Advertisement<\/div>\n  <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2477152782342215\"\n       crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n  <!-- ResponsiveHorizontal -->\n  <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n       style=\"display:block\"\n       data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2477152782342215\"\n       data-ad-slot=\"6319398709\"\n       data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n       data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n  <script>\n       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n  <\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I went to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bzzwords.com\/\">bzzwords.com<\/a> and clicked on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bzzwords.com\/university\/index.html\">Bzzwords University<\/a>, then clicked on Trivia Training. Then I selected Biological Taxonomy from the dropdown menu and clicked on the Drill button. Within minutes, I knew everything. I raised the sword of Trivia Training to the skies, and the glowing lightning bolt of knowledge flowed into my noggin. Now, no one would dare call me a dullard or a schnook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You too can have the power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bzzwords.com\/flotsam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A_honeybee_dressed_as_a_professor_lecturing_on_the_taxonomy_of_the_honeybee_image_1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bzzwords.com\/flotsam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A_honeybee_dressed_as_a_professor_lecturing_on_the_taxonomy_of_the_honeybee_image_1-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bzzwords.com\/flotsam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A_honeybee_dressed_as_a_professor_lecturing_on_the_taxonomy_of_the_honeybee_image_1-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bzzwords.com\/flotsam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A_honeybee_dressed_as_a_professor_lecturing_on_the_taxonomy_of_the_honeybee_image_1-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.bzzwords.com\/flotsam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A_honeybee_dressed_as_a_professor_lecturing_on_the_taxonomy_of_the_honeybee_image_1-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bzzwords.com\/flotsam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A_honeybee_dressed_as_a_professor_lecturing_on_the_taxonomy_of_the_honeybee_image_1-2-620x620.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Honeybee, know thyself.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Bzzwords University, I was completely ignorant about biological taxonomy. 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