The German name Ameisenbär translates to ants bear. Because it’s in league with the ants!
TerminEATOR
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bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 day ago
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 1 day 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 16 hours ago
Close, slugs are ‘naked snails’ and turtles are ‘shield toads’.
Kratzkopf@discuss.tchncs.de 11 hours ago
Tardigrade? Bear animal
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 day ago
Grizzly? You guessed right, bear!
turtlepower@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Everything is a bear to Germans.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 day ago
Guess what my first name means!
wewbull@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Termiteater
Not Termineater
RandomVideos@programming.dev 18 hours ago
Terminteeater
Dont hide the second e
Comment105@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Termititer
Lemminary@lemmy.world 17 hours 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.
sxan@midwest.social 1 day ago
Doesn’t look like many people got the Foamy reference.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I used to like Foamy
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Termite Terminator.
Soup@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
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.