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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The German name Ameisenbär translates to ants bear. Because it's in league with the ants!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Close, slugs are 'naked snails' and turtles are 'shield toads'.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Nope, it's bears all the way down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

whoosh?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Grizzly? You guessed right, brown bear!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Tardigrade? Bear animal

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everything is a bear to Germans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Guess what my first name means!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Turtle?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fun fact I learned just now is that termites and ants first come together at “insecta” but are otherwise entirely different. Also I was checking because I knew that ants are basically wasps and wanted to see about termites, so that’s also a cool fact.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, and termites are basically cockroaches.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doesn't look like many people got the Foamy reference.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I used to like Foamy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Aye, those dark days past. Would ye believe the price o' taters in the marketplace? Naught but crawly ants filled our bellies, that's all we 'ad!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Termite Terminator.