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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I remember hearing that owls are basically flying cats. Or birds that have installed cat software.

Owls are the real outdoor cats. outdoor-cat nowai

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Owl in Chinese is 猫头鹰, lit. Cat headed eagle.

Other fun animals in Chinese:

企鹅, lit. Business/enterprise goose (penguin)

袋鼠, lit. Pouch rat (kangaroo)

树懒, lit. Tree lazy (sloth)

熊猫, lit. Bear cat (Panda)

长颈鹿, lit. Long neck deer (Giraffe)

龙虾, lit. Dragon shrimp (lobster)

驼鹿, lit. Camel deer (moose)

浣熊, lit. Washing bear (racoon)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Its funny how universal some of these animal observations are. Everyone recognizes the penguin drip tux-shining