- Samsy ( @Samsy@lemmy.ml ) 41•1 year ago
Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum von … quieck, quiiieeck, quieck…
- lugal ( @lugal@lemmy.ml ) 7•1 year ago
Dies
- Sureito ( @Sureito@feddit.de ) 32•1 year ago
More like ocean piglet - the small kinda pig looking creature, that was shipped to europe via the ocean
- Holzkohlen ( @Holzkohlen@feddit.de ) 23•1 year ago
I’ve have learnt that Capybaras are also sometimes called “Water Pig” in German. We are onto something big here.
- Strawberry ( @Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 25•1 year ago
Capybaras actually do hang out in the water at least
- tilcica ( @tilcica@lemm.ee ) 18•1 year ago
i mean guinea pigs were originally bred as a replacement food source for ocean voyages as it tasted the same as a pig but was way smaller
thus the name (morski prašiček - sea piglet in slovene)
- lugal ( @lugal@lemmy.ml ) 4•1 year ago
I thought the name is because they come from overseas?
- PeWu ( @PeWu@lemmy.ml ) 21•1 year ago
It is consistent with polish too. “Świnka morska” literally means “Sea piggy”
- AItoothbrush ( @AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ) English4•1 year ago
Hungarian too
- Octopus ( @Octopus1348@thelemmy.club ) 2•1 year ago
Tengerimalac
- nakal ( @nakal@kbin.social ) 13•1 year ago
Well,…
- The swam over to us (that’s why “sea”)
- They make squeeky sounds (that’s why “pig”)
- volvoxvsmarla ( @volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year ago
It’s the same “translation” in Russian btw
- Ilovethebomb ( @Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml ) 11•1 year ago
Don’t look up what Guinea pigs were originally bred for.
- iesou ( @iesou@lemm.ee ) 13•1 year ago
Why is the fact that they were/are food so bad? People eat rabbit too.
- RaivoKulli ( @RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ) 6•1 year ago
There’s a few animals I was surprised to find out some find weird to eat: rabbit, horse, reindeer. I was especially surprised by rabbit. It’s such a commonly hunted animal too.
- Octopus ( @Octopus1348@thelemmy.club ) 3•1 year ago
Who eats a horse?
- RaivoKulli ( @RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ) 6•1 year ago
I don’t know about eating a whole horse but horse meat is sometimes used in meetvursti and similar meat products and horse meat is sold as cold cuts here in Finland. I like it
I checked and the meetvursti I have in the fridge right now has horse meat in it. Apparently bred and slaughtered in Argentina.
- Magnetar ( @Magnetar@feddit.de ) 1•1 year ago
Humans, since over 300,000 year ago.
- atlasraven31 ( @atlasraven31@lemm.ee ) 1•1 year ago
There was some speculation that humans are good at throwing rocks specifically for hunting rabbits before tool development. The sling made it even easier.
- atlasraven31 ( @atlasraven31@lemm.ee ) 1•1 year ago
Giant rabbits seem like an economic alternative to larger animals.
- planetaryprotection ( @planetaryprotection@midwest.social ) English2•1 year ago
A German once sent a dozen giant rabbits to North Korea in order to kick start a giant rabbit breeding program there. The intent was to help them overcome a famine, but instead the rabbits were all eaten at Kim il Sung’s birthday party.
- uzay ( @uzay@infosec.pub ) 3•1 year ago
Honestly, if giant rabbits aren’t a native species there, it was probably a good call on North Korea’s part
- original_ish_name ( @original_ish_name@lemm.ee ) 1•1 year ago
North Korea moment
- spauldo ( @spauldo@lemmy.ml ) English1•1 year ago
Look up “rabbit starvation” some time. Rabbit’s fine but you have to be sure your diet is diverse enough.
- GreenMario ( @GreenMario@lemm.ee ) 4•1 year ago
Piggie Nuggies
- stebo02 ( @stebo02@sopuli.xyz ) 10•1 year ago
how’s guinea pig any better?
They’re from Guinea!
(Actually it’s apparently because they were a food animal that cost about a guinea…)
- stebo02 ( @stebo02@sopuli.xyz ) 3•1 year ago
There’s a whole section about it on Wikipedia with a lot of speculation but the tl;dr is we have no clue why they’re called that
- SpoopyKing ( @SpoopyKing@lemmy.sdf.org ) 9•1 year ago
Just wait until you find out how meerkats got their name
- glibg10b ( @glibg10b@lemmy.ml ) 9•1 year ago
MORE CATS
- enthusiasticamoeba ( @enthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
And leopards
- FluffyPotato ( @FluffyPotato@lemm.ee ) 2•1 year ago
Merisiga in Estonian which also translates to sea pig.
- Mr PoopyButthole ( @MrPoopyButthole@lemm.ee ) English0•1 year ago
Why did I read this in Scottish accent?