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minus-squarefrog@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 months agoUm… acshelly! Hippo in Greek means horse. * Pushes glasses up nose bridge.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 months agoHippopotamus means river horse, I don’t think whoever named these things has ever seen a horse.
minus-squareGojuRyu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoIn danish a hippo is called a “flodhest”, also meaning river horse.
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoHorses might have looked different back in the day
Um… acshelly! Hippo in Greek means horse.
* Pushes glasses up nose bridge.
Hippopotamus means river horse, I don’t think whoever named these things has ever seen a horse.
In danish a hippo is called a “flodhest”, also meaning river horse.
Rødgrød med flodhest
Only for the most special of times
🦛
Horses might have looked different back in the day