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minus-squareBjörn@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoThe German name Ameisenbär translates to ants bear. Because it’s in league with the ants!
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd because every animal in German is described in relation to bears. Raccoon? Wash bear Ant eater? Ant bear Slug? Homeless bear Turtle? Shield bear
minus-squareftbd@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoClose, slugs are ‘naked snails’ and turtles are ‘shield toads’.
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNope, it’s bears all the way down.
minus-squareBjörn@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 year agoGrizzly? You guessed right, brown bear!
minus-squareKratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoTardigrade? Bear animal
minus-squareTurtlePower@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoEverything is a bear to Germans.
minus-squareBjörn@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoGuess what my first name means!
The German name Ameisenbär translates to ants bear. Because it’s in league with the ants!
And because every animal in German is described in relation to bears.
Raccoon? Wash bear
Ant eater? Ant bear
Slug? Homeless bear
Turtle? Shield bear
Close, slugs are ‘naked snails’ and turtles are ‘shield toads’.
Nope, it’s bears all the way down.
whoosh?
Grizzly? You guessed right, brown bear!
Tardigrade? Bear animal
Everything is a bear to Germans.
Guess what my first name means!
Turtle?