• sundray@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
        41·
        2 个月前

        FWIW the suffix -poda means “feet.” So the panda family’s name literally translates as “cat-like-feet”! 🐱 🦶

    • sundray@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
      31·
      2 个月前

      The prefix ailuro- does mean cat, in much the same way that the word “felis” means cat.

      But I’m not enough of a pedant to try to argue the point though – in our crazy, anything goes modern world, people use whole words in place of prefixes all the time, and that’s okay: languages change! Just like ailuro- used to be Greek, and then got pulled into Latin! 😆

      • Jake FarmEnglish
        3·
        2 个月前

        I guess it makes sense to use Latin in scientific names given how redundant it is.

  • Ech@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    2 个月前

    Just wanted to say that I love these every time I see them, so thank you for sharing them so regularly!

    • sundray@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
      81·
      2 个月前

      Thank you! I’m a big fan of Grant Snider’s work, and I’m happy to share it with others :)

  • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 个月前

    If I had a nickel for every post I saw today about oxbows, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

  • craftyindividual@lemm.ee
    5·
    2 个月前

    For some reason a perfectly fine river will often insist on forming and oxbow and complete ruining a straight path :/

    • merde alors@sh.itjust.works
      11·
      2 个月前

      nope

      Patina is a thin layer that variously forms on the surface of copper, brass, bronze, and similar metals and metal alloys (tarnish produced by oxidation or other chemical processes), or certain stones and wooden furniture (sheen produced by age, wear, and polishing), or any similar acquired change of a surface through age and exposure.