The German, too.
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Sea lion is the word(s)
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It isn’t named after a pig somehow?
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A bit longer ago, but that’s pretty much exactly what they are
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There has been a steady moving of the goalposts for at least a century and a half where “intelligence” and other terms like it get redefined to “whatever it is that only humans do.”
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A “Sea Piglet” (Meerschweinchen ) ist actually a guinea pig! A (harbour) seal is a Seehund (sea dog).
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We’re a very literal people
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Of course this thread is about “Sea Lions” so English isn’t all that different when it comes to naming animals.
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Of course this is neglecting such animals as the nose bear, the nose horn, the spectacle bear or the river horse (or Nile horse).
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Porpoise is called a sea pig (morświn) in Polish.
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It was because the guy who coined the term had just learned about the BM gang and then began to see it everywhere (this was in the early 90s, I think).
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Gotta say, though, the very last guy in that clip looks like his landing is defintely NOT going as planned.
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Obligatory:
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Is German for Sea Lion, "Seelöwe? I’ll admit that my very limited knowledge of German mainly comes from be raised on a steady stream of WW2 Movies and Documentaries back in the 1970s.
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Indeed it is
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