Bears or no bears?

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• TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Petition to make the names less confusing by naming the northern one to “Bear” and the southern one to “Twink”.

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  • eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I want you to know I understand the genius of this

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  • Test_Tickles@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Are we still talking about poles?
    ~The answer is yes!~

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  • ElBarto@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Top” and “Bottom”.

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• klay1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Soon we can call them both Antarctica

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Aww, I was annoyed but overall cheerful, then I read this and now I’m just sad.

    I guess you have at least simplified my emotional spectrum, so … Thanks?

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• Diddlydee@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Except it’s nothing to do with that and comes from the Arctic being marked by Ursa Minor & Major in the Northern sky, and Antarctica being the opposite of that.

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  • autriyo@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So there’s no sky bears in Antarctica then?

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    • Siegfried@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We have enough with the interdimensional bears. You cant take a shit in piece in here.

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  • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sure but it’s also convenient that there are also no bears in Antarctica or as it shouldve been named Terra Australus but the Australian got that, really should’ve flipped the names when we had the chance.

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  • KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I should have know I could have just gone to the comments, rather than to Wikipedia… But yes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic#Definition_and_etymo…

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• Paradachshund@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Chat, is this true?

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  • blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The word Arctic comes from the Greek word ἀρκτικός arktikos “near the Bear, northern” and from the word ἄρκτος arktos meaning “bear” for either to the constellation known as Ursa Major, the “Great Bear”, which is prominent in the northern portion of the celestial sphere, or the constellation Ursa Minor, the “Little Bear”, which contains the celestial north pole (currently very near Polaris, the current north Pole Star, or North Star).

    The arctic isn’t named after polar bears, but after the greek bear constellations which hold the north star. And the Antarctica is named after being the opposite of where the bear constellations are. It’s just a coincidence that the correct one has bears and the correct one doesn’t.

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    • egerlach@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s still mind blowing, even if it is a coincidence.

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    • ElBarto@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a cool coincidence, though.

      I mean, come on. The region called after the constellation with the north star, which aids with finding where the north pole is, has polar bears. Nice!

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  • carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    kinda, not really

    arctic, from ancient greek ἀρκτικός did mean “of the bear” originally, probably as a reference to the constellation (cause i don’t think the ancient greeks ever went to the arctic to confirm if there were bears or not)

    antarctica doesn’t mean “no bears”, it means “the opposite of the arctic”

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• scytale@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What would the equivalent be for “penguins” and “no penguins”?

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  • Haaveilija@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Linux / Windows

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  • criticon@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Pinkouinos / antipinkouinos ?

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    • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Pink wieners / anti pink wieners?

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  • hector@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There used to be a penguin like animal in the north, the Auk. Hunted to extinction.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    GREAT auk is called puinguinis, while penguins have various latin names.

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• Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well, it is about the only actual predator to the human species so we make a big deal out of it.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How come no places are called No Wolves or No Lions or No Tigers?

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    • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      we made doggos out of wolves :)

      but lions and tigers… guess they were harder to spot among the foliage

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh my

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They don’t really prey on humans & we coexisted without much issues for humans (very much a lot of issues for them).

      Eating a baby every so many years doesn’t really count, in nature it’s usually disregarded even if a regular thing bcs of the size difference (and the mortality rate to adulthood). A bit along the lines that babies of all species are food & that doesn’t give you much representative info.

      With polar bears, even with villages in the migrating area (their ecosystem is shrinking rapidly), you just can’t be outside, they will munch you.

      Hikers can hike through woods with wolves, you can park your car next to lions, … tigers would be borderline (and endangered), but it seems they fear us, they fear injury & our unpredictability. Polar bears don’t back off.

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  • affenlehrer@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We could accidentally release some polar bears in Antarctica, guess they could survive there.

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    • ToastedRavioli@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The polar bears would be fine. The penguins would be in for quite a comeuppance

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    • Nikelui@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Because the last time someone introduced an invasive species to a completely different environment worked extremely well.

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    • hector@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Idk are there seals there? Because that’s the bear’s thing, ambushing seals coming up through their ice holes in the ince flows.

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  • foo@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Regular visitors to Sharks would like a word.

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    • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not intentional pray, not eating the whole thing, not stalking.

      You might as well say cows then too, they are least kill more ppl.

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• counterfactual@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  America wants them renamed the 52nd and 53rd states. 🙄

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• trolololol@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh nice you talk to yourself when in public? Me toooo 😃😎

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