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 3 months ago
lengau@midwest.social 3 months ago
Yeah, and termites are basically cockroaches.
wewbull@feddit.uk 3 months ago
Termiteater
Not Termineater
Comment105@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Termititer
RandomVideos@programming.dev 3 months ago
Terminteeater
Dont hide the second e
sxan@midwest.social 3 months ago
Doesn’t look like many people got the Foamy reference.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I used to like Foamy
Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 months 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 3 months ago
Termite Terminator.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 months ago
The German name Ameisenbär translates to ants bear. Because it’s in league with the ants!
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 3 months 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 3 months ago
Close, slugs are ‘naked snails’ and turtles are ‘shield toads’.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 months ago
Grizzly? You guessed right, bear!
Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Tardigrade? Bear animal
turtlepower@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Everything is a bear to Germans.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 months ago
Guess what my first name means!