jordanlund@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhy don't penguins worry about polar bears?message-squaremessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't penguins worry about polar bears?jordanlund@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareartifex@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days agoDuh. The bears live in bear land (arctic as in arctus as in bear). Penguins thus literally live in no bear land (ant-arctic).
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoTIL! I only knew “ursus,” which is of course Latin. But apparently Arctus was a centaur named bear, whereas “arktos” is closer to the ancient Greek word for bear… Still leads to Arctic of course.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoFun fact, we don’t actually know the real name for bears.
minus-squarebricklove@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoThe name Arthur probably comes from that lost word
Duh. The bears live in bear land (arctic as in arctus as in bear). Penguins thus literally live in no bear land (ant-arctic).
TIL! I only knew “ursus,” which is of course Latin.
But apparently Arctus was a centaur named bear, whereas “arktos” is closer to the ancient Greek word for bear…
Still leads to Arctic of course.
Fun fact, we don’t actually know the real name for bears.
The name Arthur probably comes from that lost word