It’s actually bears. The north is named by the Greeks after the Ursa Major constellation in the north literally “big bear”. So it’s the bear place. While the south is the opposite of the bears.
Happy coincidence it ended up matching polar bear ranges.
You’re absolutely correct, I was riffing on the commonly mentioned fact you said. Similar to the “mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell.” meme people mention often.
And this is how I learn that there are no Arctic penguins.
Arctic actually means land without penguins, and Antarctic means land with penguins.
its the other way round for bears i think
Bear without penguins and bear with penguins? I’m no bearologist but I don’t think that’s right.
So for bears Arctic means land with penguins
There aren’t many bears on Lemmy, though, so we don’t need to use their terminology.
It’s actually bears. The north is named by the Greeks after the Ursa Major constellation in the north literally “big bear”. So it’s the bear place. While the south is the opposite of the bears.
Happy coincidence it ended up matching polar bear ranges.
You’re absolutely correct, I was riffing on the commonly mentioned fact you said. Similar to the “mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell.” meme people mention often.
Doesn’t ‘ant’ mean not and ‘arc’ is without? So it’s really closer to ‘without penguins’ and ‘not without penguins’
grok is this true
be the invasive species you want to see in the world?