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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (12 children)

See also: Eurasian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos arctos)

Ursus is Latin for bear and arctos is Greek for...bear.

It's the bear bear bear!

Bonus fun fact: Arctic means "the place with bears" and Antarctic means "the place without bears"

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you have it the wrong way around. Ursus is Latin and arctos is Greek.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Oops! I really should be 💯 on it by now since it's been one of my favorite facts for several years 😄

Anyways, thanks for the correction, I'll go ahead and edit it 😁

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