▲ 850 ▼ Bears or no bears? (thelemmy.club) submitted 8 months ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 79 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) "not all cultures in the southern hemisphere named it because it is always either close to the horizon or invisible. For instance, the Brazilian Tucano people called it the Large Anus of the Snake and in Samoa it forms part of the Heirloom Warclub." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago The Tucano people are a group of Indigenous South Americans in the northwestern Amazon, along the Vaupés River and the surrounding area. They are mostly in Colombia, but some are in Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucano_people That explains why I've never heard of them as a Brazilian. That area is so far removed from most of Brazilian cities! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago The Tucano people are a group of Indigenous South Americans in the northwestern Amazon, along the Vaupés River and the surrounding area. They are mostly in Colombia, but some are in Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucano_people That explains why I've never heard of them as a Brazilian. That area is so far removed from most of Brazilian cities! permalink fedilink source parent
