fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoOcean Hedgehogslemmy.dbzer0.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarekitnaht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoAnd hedgehog means spikepig. So they’re ocean spike pigs.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoWikipedia says hedgehogs are called that, because they live in hedges, not because they look like one… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog#Etymology
minus-squareGreasecat@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoLitterally the danish word; søpindsvin. 😂
minus-squareoriginalkabumm@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoSpike originate in indo european and meaned sharp point, pig derives from proto western germanic for piglet (piggo) So they are called “ocean sharp pointed piglet”
And hedgehog means spikepig.
So they’re ocean spike pigs.
Wikipedia says hedgehogs are called that, because they live in hedges, not because they look like one…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog#Etymology
Litterally the danish word; søpindsvin. 😂
Spike originate in indo european and meaned sharp point, pig derives from proto western germanic for piglet (piggo) So they are called “ocean sharp pointed piglet”