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[-] MissJinx@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

what a dumb meme

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Because "pantanal" means "from the swamp" or a specific kind of marshy terrain in at least Portuguese and probably also Spanish, and these cats are probably native to swampy areas in South America (possibly even the Pantanal area in Brazil)?!

[-] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 17 points 3 days ago

That’s because swamp-ass cat was rejected.

[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Because thats the name of the region where you live

[-] morto@piefed.social 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

For the same reason hoomans named the siamese cat

Edit: it took me that long to understand the joke. Now the pantanal will never be the same!

this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2026
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