• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    See also: Eurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)

    Ursus is Latin for bear and arctos is Greek for…bear.

    It’s the bear bear bear!

    Bonus fun fact: Arctic means “the place with bears” and Antarctic means “the place without bears”

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      10 months ago

      I think you have it the wrong way around. Ursus is Latin and arctos is Greek.

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        10 months ago

        Oops! I really should be 💯 on it by now since it’s been one of my favorite facts for several years 😄

        Anyways, thanks for the correction, I’ll go ahead and edit it 😁