• Holzkohlen@feddit.de
    22·
    1 year ago

    I’ve have learnt that Capybaras are also sometimes called “Water Pig” in German. We are onto something big here.

      • tilcica@lemm.ee
        18·
        1 year ago

        i mean guinea pigs were originally bred as a replacement food source for ocean voyages as it tasted the same as a pig but was way smaller

        thus the name (morski prašiček - sea piglet in slovene)

    • Magnetar@feddit.de
      21·
      1 year ago

      A hedgehog is a “Spike Pig” in German, a boar a “Wild Pig”, and a piggy bank a “Savings Pig”.

      • SapientSloth@feddit.de
        2·
        1 year ago

        A porcupine is a “Spike Pig”. The hedgehog has a name on its own called “Igel”.

        Funny though if you look at the name hedgehog. Basically a wild pig in a bush.