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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

See also: Eurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)

Ursus is Latin for bear and arctos is Greek for...bear.

It's the bear bear bear!

Bonus fun fact: Arctic means "the place with bears" and Antarctic means "the place without bears"

[-] Pringles@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago

I think you have it the wrong way around. Ursus is Latin and arctos is Greek.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oops! I really should be ๐Ÿ’ฏ on it by now since it's been one of my favorite facts for several years ๐Ÿ˜„

Anyways, thanks for the correction, I'll go ahead and edit it ๐Ÿ˜

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