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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Because "pantanal" means "from the swamp" or a specific kind of marshy terrain in at least Portuguese and probably also Spanish, and these cats are probably native to swampy areas in South America (possibly even the Pantanal area in Brazil)?!

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

what a dumb meme

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 17 points 1 week ago

That’s because swamp-ass cat was rejected.

[–] morto@piefed.social 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For the same reason hoomans named the siamese cat

Edit: it took me that long to understand the joke. Now the pantanal will never be the same!

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Because thats the name of the region where you live