More like ocean piglet - the small kinda pig looking creature, that was shipped to europe via the ocean
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It is consistent with polish too. "ลwinka morska" literally means "Sea piggy"
40 0 ReplyRussian too.
10 0 Replyslovene aswell
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Hungarian too
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Serbian too (morsko prase)
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I've have learnt that Capybaras are also sometimes called "Water Pig" in German. We are onto something big here.
25 0 ReplyCapybaras actually do hang out in the water at least
29 0 Replyi mean guinea pigs were originally bred as a replacement food source for ocean voyages as it tasted the same as a pig but was way smaller
thus the name (morski praลกiฤek - sea piglet in slovene)
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Well,...
- The swam over to us (that's why "sea")
- They make squeeky sounds (that's why "pig")
19 0 ReplyIt's the same "translation" in Russian btw
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Just wait until you find out how meerkats got their name
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9 0 ReplyAnd leopards
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Don't look up what Guinea pigs were originally bred for.
14 0 ReplyWhy is the fact that they were/are food so bad? People eat rabbit too.
36 0 ReplyThere's a few animals I was surprised to find out some find weird to eat: rabbit, horse, reindeer. I was especially surprised by rabbit. It's such a commonly hunted animal too.
10 0 ReplyGiant rabbits seem like an economic alternative to larger animals.
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What do you mean "originally"?
What did I buy at that roadside bbq stand then?
9 0 ReplyRat, most likely.
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Piggie Nuggies
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how's guinea pig any better?
10 0 ReplyThey're from Guinea!
(Actually it's apparently because they were a food animal that cost about a guinea...)
5 0 ReplyThere's a whole section about it on Wikipedia with a lot of speculation but the tl;dr is we have no clue why they're called that
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Merisiga in Estonian which also translates to sea pig.
2 0 ReplyWhy did I read this in Scottish accent?
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