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minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·edit-210 months agoSee 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”
minus-squarePringles@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 months agoI think you have it the wrong way around. Ursus is Latin and arctos is Greek.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 months agoOops! 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 😁
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”
I think you have it the wrong way around. Ursus is Latin and arctos is Greek.
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 😁