2023-09-09 10:35 UTC
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@sofia@chaos.social 2023-09-09 13:18
@oloturia@mastodon.bida.im @jewelpit@dice.camp @BrianBinh@dice.camp "leop" is the medieval form of "lööp". so the name "leopard" indicates a long history of felines desiring toroidal breakfast cereal.
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@derryh@mastodon.scot 2023-09-09 16:54
@oloturia@mastodon.bida.im @jewelpit@dice.camp @BrianBinh@dice.camp confused medieval biologists occasionally thought it was a cross between a lion (leo) and a pard... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pard
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@argentcorvid@mstdn.social 2024-04-27 14:32
@oloturia@mastodon.bida.im @jewelpit@dice.camp @BrianBinh@dice.camp Leo =lion and pard =leopard, apparently
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@bluestarultor@tech.lgbt 2024-04-27 15:47
@oloturia@mastodon.bida.im @jewelpit@dice.camp @BrianBinh@dice.camp The real answer to that is "pard" already meant "leopard," but then someone added "leo" to the beginning to make it the "lion leopard." No, I unfortunately don't know when or why, but animal names often have convoluted histories. XD