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DarthQuell

DarthQuell
In Spanish, specifically Mexico, Central America, and South America countries that speak Spanish, a lot of the names are indigenous names from the people that lived here, such as Mayans, Aztec, Inca, and other lesser known groups
 

yoav_r

yoav_r
In hebrew most animals have literal names

Rhino=קרנף=nose-horn
Coati=חוטמן=fancy nose animal
Seal=כלב ים=sea dog
Stingray=חתול ים=seacat
Catfish=שפמנון=fish with moustach
Anteater=דב נמלים=ant bear
Camel=גמל=he who drinks a lot of water animal
Monitor=כח=powerful one
Mudskipper=יבשתן=land fish
Hedghehog=קיפוד=he who is armored by spikes
Echidna=קיפודן=hedgehog like animal
Porcupine=דרבן=spike
 
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Lexomeal

Lexomeal
yoav_r said:
In hebrew most animals have literal names

Rhino=קרנף=nose-horn
Coati=חוטמן=fancy nose animal
Seal=כלב ים=sea dog
Stingray=חתול ים=seacat
Catfish=שפמנון=fish with moustach
Anteater=דב נמלים=ant bear
Camel=גמל=he who drinks a lot of water animal
Monitor=כח=powerful one
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Read in another topic that you took part in the Arabian Oryx Preservation Project. You have all my respect !
 

wanderoo

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Indian languages don't have words for most non-Indian species but some of the ones for native species are hilarious in English.

My favorite is the word for spoonbill, which is just spoon.

One of the few non-natives I can think of is ostrich, which is "camel chicken".
 

Lexomeal

Lexomeal
I'm just a geek I guess. As a kid I started to learn most mammals, reptiles and birds by their binomial nomenclature, so I'm always interested in ways different cultures names animals and build up categories or groups to classify / identify them.
 

yoav_r

yoav_r
Lexomeal said:
Read in another topic that you took part in the Arabian Oryx Preservation Project. You have all my respect !
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Thanks! Israel's historical wildlife had been destroyed by the crusaders, british, ottomans...

We may never get the big predators like crocodiles and lions again, but we succesfully reintroduced arabian oryx, onager, persian fallow deer, and roe deer, and helped ibex, kleinmann's tortoise, sand cat and vulture populations recover.

I personally participated in the fallow deer and arabian oryx projects. Next year they want to start ostriches and otters.
 
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Lexomeal

Lexomeal
And, often, latin names tells us a lot about how Europeans came on with names for foreign species by comparing the newly "discovered" specimen to animals known to them. My favourite animals are giraffes and the latin name borrowing from Arabic and greek for "Leopard camel" is quite a cool way to name these beauties.
 

Villanelle

Villanelle
yoav_r said:
Thanks! Israel's historical wildlife had been desrryoed by the crusaders, british, ottomans...

We may never get the big predators like crocodiles and lions again, but we succesfully reintroduced arabian oryx, onager, persian fallow deer, and roe deer, and helped ibex and vulture populations recover.

I personally participated in the fallow deer and arabian oryx project. Next year they want to start ostriches and otters.
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Wow, thanks for your contribution to a better world 🙏 💚
 

markun

markun
I’m here for the afternoon, it’s a good distraction when waiting but I’m still checking my phone every hour.

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