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[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I found it also interesting that arctos is related to Arctic. Because it was also used to mean "north" or "near the bear"

[-] Iapetus@slrpnk.net 12 points 3 days ago

Bearlandia and it's polar opposite, Nobearlandia

[-] squaresinger@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

They just named it like that so it's easier to remember where pengins live.

At least since the original penguins had been hunted to extinction.

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