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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Both names come from Afrikaans, but the animals are not in any way related. The aardwolf is related to the hyena. It's the hyenas friendly cousin. It mostly eats termites and it's not dangerous. The aardvark lmhas a pig like nose and it burrows like a pig, so "vark" means pig in Afrikaans. The aardvark has no other relation to a pig besides the name.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

ah, so "vark" is much like "dog" in english when it is used in animal names like "prairie dog"!

thanks for explaining!

I was gonna say "pig-wolf" sounds kind of goofy but it is actually pretty precise in behavioral desciption then isn't it?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)