Comment on TIL that Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) is the bearest of all bears – "ursus" means bear, and "arctos" also means bear, so the scientific name translates to "Bear bear bear"

fargeol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• mrsemi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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  • starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    And the north star, which is part of the big bear (plough) constellation is called Arcturus.

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• Klear@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  In Czech we say “the honey eater”, for the same reason.

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