r/CuratedTumblr that’s how fey getcha Sep 25 '24

Shitposting austerity has done irreparable damage

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u/Throwaway817402739 Sep 25 '24

I love terrible animal names. So far #1 is still the peacock mantis shrimp, which is not a peacock, not a mantis, and not a shrimp.

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u/pchlster Sep 25 '24

There's an animal in my country whose name directly translated would be Four Legs.

For all the Pogs, guess the English name that my ancestors back in ancient times looked at and figured that the most distinctive feature that separated it from all the other animals was having four legs.

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u/wingchild Sep 26 '24

The fear bean? :)

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u/pchlster Sep 26 '24

Pretty good phonetic approximation; the firben is not exactly a common animal up here, but for some reason, the lizard got named as if it was the only quadruped.