Arctic actually means land without penguins, and Antarctic means land with penguins.
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jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
And this is how I learn that there are no Arctic penguins.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 7 months ago
It’s actually bears. The north is named by the Greeks after the Ursa Major constellation in the north literally “big bear”. So it’s the bear place. While the south is the opposite of the bears.
Happy coincidence it ended up matching polar bear ranges.
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Doesn’t ‘ant’ mean not and ‘arc’ is without? So it’s really closer to ‘without penguins’ and ‘not without penguins’
Ooops@feddit.org 7 months ago
“Arktos” is greek for bear.
The arctis is the region towards the bear, meaning the constellation so north… while the antarctis is the opposite direction (ant(i) = opposite).
sga@lemmings.world 7 months ago
its the other way round for bears i think
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 7 months ago
There aren’t many bears on Lemmy, though, so we don’t need to use their terminology.
Ooops@feddit.org 7 months ago
But the bear referenced there is not the animal but the constellation…
Arctic = towards the bear, so north
Antarctic = the opposite (=ant[i]) direction
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Bear without penguins and bear with penguins? I’m no bearologist but I don’t think that’s right.
troybot@midwest.social 7 months ago
So for bears Arctic means land with penguins
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 months ago
be the invasive species you want to see in the world?