• Holzkohlen@feddit.de
    33·
    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
        26·
        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)

        • lugal
          6·
          1 year ago

          I thought the name is because they come from overseas?

      • SapientSloth@feddit.de
        4·
        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.