Not to mention the actual names. "There's a bear. What should we call it?"
"Well, it's black. Let's call it a Black Bear."
"How about that one? It's brown."
"We'll call it a Brown Bear."
This isn't really true though. Although many IE langauges don't use a descendant of *h₂r̥ktos for taboo reasons, plenty of languages do, e.g. French ours, Albanian ari, Greek άρκτος, Welsh arth etc.
IIRC the "migratorius" part is only partially true, they migrate, but relatively short distances, so their year-round range is still pretty much the entire continental US.
They do gather into flocks in fall-winter and then split back into pairs in spring-summer, which is interesting.
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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 45 pts · 262d
Not to mention the actual names. "There's a bear. What should we call it?" "Well, it's black. Let's call it a Black Bear." "How about that one? It's brown." "We'll call it a Brown Bear."
zqwzzle@lemmy.ca · 38 pts · 262d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bony-eared_assfish
marcos@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 262d
When biologists decide to burn something, they just go on and on.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 261d
yeah but those are jerks
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 19 pts · 262d
First two sound like Ubuntu releases.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 262d
Fun fact, the original word for bear has been lost because people refused to mention them directly - like Voldemort
FishFace@piefed.social · 7 pts · 262d
All original words have been lost because language changes...
GandalftheBlack@feddit.org · 1 pts · 261d
This isn't really true though. Although many IE langauges don't use a descendant of *h₂r̥ktos for taboo reasons, plenty of languages do, e.g. French ours, Albanian ari, Greek άρκτος, Welsh arth etc.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 8 pts · 262d
lvxferre@mander.xyz · 23 pts · 262d
Sarcasmo@piefed.social · 22 pts · 262d
Turdus is looking disgruntled.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 262d
ICE will deport this bird.
Renat@szmer.info · 9 pts · 262d
Fun fact - this bird live in Mexico in winter but in other seasons it moves to USA.
TheTurner@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 261d
Yaky@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 262d
IIRC the "migratorius" part is only partially true, they migrate, but relatively short distances, so their year-round range is still pretty much the entire continental US.
They do gather into flocks in fall-winter and then split back into pairs in spring-summer, which is interesting.
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 262d
I enjoy how "turd" rhymes with "bird"...
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 262d
Turd turd turd turd is the word
YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 262d
Turdus birdus
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 261d
Digit@lemmy.wtf · 2 pts · 259d
And derp with Kurp.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 262d
turd migrating, thats what the robin genus sounds like.
massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 9 pts · 262d
Pica pica
generallynonsensical@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 262d
Pegajace@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 262d
Boops boops
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 262d
Bison bison bison
Or pica hudsonica
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 262d
rattus rattus. Felis margarita
ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 262d
Mephitis mephitis!
MistressRemilia@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 262d
It's so cool how scientists named ravens after the primarch of the Raven Guard in 40k 😌
Digit@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 259d
Salvate invicem.