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ickplant@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 18 days ago

Bears or no bears?

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Bears or no bears?

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ickplant@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 18 days ago
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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world
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    Petition to make the names less confusing by renaming the top one to “Bear” and the bottom one to “Twink”.

    • ElBarto@piefed.social
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      “Top” and “Bottom”.

    • Test_Tickles@lemmy.world
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      Are we still talking about poles?
      ~The answer is yes!~

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      I want you to know I understand the genius of this

  • Diddlydee@feddit.uk
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    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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      So there’s no sky bears in Antarctica then?

      • Siegfried@lemmy.world
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        We have enough with the interdimensional bears. You cant take a shit in piece in here.

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

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    Soon we can call them both Antarctica

    • toynbee@lemmy.world
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      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?

      • klay1@lemmy.world
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        sorry! And… you’re welcome i guess?

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    Interesting. There’s also no penguins in the arctic. But there are penguins in Antarctica. I wonder if the was penguins in the north originally, but the bears ate them all. And the only reason the continue to exist in Antarctica is because there aren’t bears to eat them.

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    It helps you orient yourself if you find yourself in one of these places.

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

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    what would be latin based names for penguins an no penguins.

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