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Why is it named after those bin juice drinking cunt birds?

I love the idea, but I hate the name.

Could be a reference to Thoth, the ancient Egyptian god of knowledge, or alternatively could refer to Israeli special forces

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibis#In_culture

Probably because in Egyptian mythology, Thoth, who was an Ibis headed deity, was the god of knowledge and wisdom, and thus Ibis became a symbol of knowledge and reason.

It's somewhat amusing that the Egyptian Ibis is so closely related to the Australian Bin Chicken that they may actually be the same species