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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (12 children)

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"

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 10 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

Arctic and Antarctic don't mean anything about actual bears. They are named after the Ursa Major constellation. The absence of bears in Antarctica is a coincidence.

[–] LunarLoony 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

no, she's a major general in the forces, you hippie!

[–] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They are, in fact, the very model of a modern major general!
They have information vegetable, animal and mineral!

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Dammit, beat me by 5 minutes! I tip my hat to you, good sir/madam/other 👌🎩

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Lunar's the loony, I'M the hippie!

Would you say that she's the very model of a modern Major General, or would that be going too far?

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, it means "The great bear" or "The big bear".

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