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Yes, that is real. 😱Zyzzyva
antelopeNot to be confused with Zyzzyzus.
Zyzzyva
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Zyzzyva
Casey, 1922
Species
Z. rufula Hustache 1951
Zyzzyva (pron.: /ˈzɪzɨvə/) is a genus of tropical American weevil often found in association with palms. It is a snouted beetle. "Zyzzyva" is the last word in many English-language dictionaries.
The yellowish weevil is no longer than an ant. It was first discovered in 1922 in Brazil, and named by an Irishman Thomas Lincoln Casey, Jr. An entomologist at New York's Museum of Natural History thought that, because there was not a Latin name or Brazilian name associated with this weevil, it was probably named Zyzzyva as a practical joke to place it in a prominent ending position in many guides and manuals.