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minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 day agoNot to mention the actual names. “There’s a bear. What should we call it?” “Well, it’s black. Let’s call it a Black Bear.” “How about that one? It’s brown.” “We’ll call it a Brown Bear.”
minus-squarezqwzzle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 day agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bony-eared_assfish
minus-squareBeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoyeah but those are jerks
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 day ago The bony-eared assfish has been distinguished, by some sources, as having the smallest brain-to-body weight ratio of any vertebrate. When biologists decide to burn something, they just go on and on.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·1 day agoFun fact, the original word for bear has been lost because people refused to mention them directly - like Voldemort
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·22 hours agoAll original words have been lost because language changes…
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 day agoFirst two sound like Ubuntu releases.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 day agoAh but they’re not called bears, we just have to call them that or we upset the bear god who will end us if we say their real name.
Not to mention the actual names. “There’s a bear. What should we call it?” “Well, it’s black. Let’s call it a Black Bear.” “How about that one? It’s brown.” “We’ll call it a Brown Bear.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bony-eared_assfish
yeah but those are jerks
When biologists decide to burn something, they just go on and on.
Fun fact, the original word for bear has been lost because people refused to mention them directly - like Voldemort
All original words have been lost because language changes…
First two sound like Ubuntu releases.
Ah but they’re not called bears, we just have to call them that or we upset the bear god who will end us if we say their real name.