fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoOcean Hedgehogslemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down10
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minus-squarekitnaht@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoAnd hedgehog means spikepig. So they’re ocean spike pigs.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoWikipedia says hedgehogs are called that, because they live in hedges, not because they look like one… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog#Etymology
minus-squareUnpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoThey were also bred for food and brought into Ireland by Normans. Irish people called them ‘Gráinneog’ (gran-nyog), meaning ‘little ugly thing’.
minus-squareGreasecat@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoLitterally the danish word; søpindsvin. 😂
And hedgehog means spikepig.
So they’re ocean spike pigs.
Wikipedia says hedgehogs are called that, because they live in hedges, not because they look like one…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog#Etymology
They were also bred for food and brought into Ireland by Normans. Irish people called them ‘Gráinneog’ (gran-nyog), meaning ‘little ugly thing’.
Litterally the danish word; søpindsvin. 😂