• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I found it also interesting that arctos is related to Arctic. Because it was also used to mean “north” or “near the bear”

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        2 days ago

        They just named it like that so it’s easier to remember where pengins live.

        At least since the original penguins had been hunted to extinction.