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[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's a common thing. German loves to call animals pigs or dogs; though it tends to be more obvious in German that these "thorn pigs" and "sea dogs" aren't closely related to regular pigs and dogs.

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