The aardvark also mainly eats termites. Both species are nocturnal and rest in dens and burrows during the day. So similar behaviours and ecological niches so very fair to give them similar names.
The hyena family is also closer related to felines than canids. Fun fact there.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
ah, so “vark” is much like “dog” in english when it is used in animal names like “prairie dog”!
thanks for explaining!
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Should be bored that “aard” means “ground/earth”
MrShankles@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Thank you
flora_explora@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Interesting, isn’t ard also ground/earth in Arabic? Maybe one of those words that made into the indo-german languages by the Arabic conquest?
myrrh@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
…by contrast to airwolf…
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