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minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoThe German name Ameisenbär translates to ants bear. Because it’s in league with the ants!
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days 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-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-215 days agoGrizzly? You guessed right, brown bear!
minus-squareftbd@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoClose, slugs are ‘naked snails’ and turtles are ‘shield toads’.
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoNope, it’s bears all the way down.
minus-squareKratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoTardigrade? Bear animal
minus-squareTurtlePower@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoEverything is a bear to Germans.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days 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
Grizzly? You guessed right, brown bear!
Close, slugs are ‘naked snails’ and turtles are ‘shield toads’.
Nope, it’s bears all the way down.
whoosh?
Tardigrade? Bear animal
Everything is a bear to Germans.
Guess what my first name means!
Turtle?