Fun fact I learned just now is that termites and ants first come together at “insecta” but are otherwise entirely different. Also I was checking because I knew that ants are basically wasps and wanted to see about termites, so that’s also a cool fact.
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Soup@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
lengau@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
Yeah, and termites are basically cockroaches.
wewbull@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Termiteater
Not Termineater
Comment105@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Termititer
RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Terminteeater
Dont hide the second e
sxan@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
Doesn’t look like many people got the Foamy reference.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I used to like Foamy
Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Aye, those dark days past, ye wretch! Would ye believe the price o’ taters in the marketplace? Naught but crawling insects filled our bellies, that’s all we 'ad.
someguy3@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Termite Terminator.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 weeks ago
The German name Ameisenbär translates to ants bear. Because it’s in league with the ants!
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
And because every animal in German is described in relation to bears.
Raccoon? Wash bear
Ant eater? Ant bear
Slug? Homeless bear
Turtle? Shield bear
ftbd@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Close, slugs are ‘naked snails’ and turtles are ‘shield toads’.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 weeks ago
Grizzly? You guessed right, bear!
Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
Tardigrade? Bear animal
turtlepower@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Everything is a bear to Germans.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 weeks ago
Guess what my first name means!