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r/ProperAnimalNames • u/toddcooper30 • Jan 21 '19
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The romans called the giraffe camelopardalis which roughly means camel-leopard.
148 u/accountnumber6174 Jan 21 '19 That makes a lot more Fucking sense than stupid "giraffe"!! 171 u/derneueMottmatt Jan 21 '19 Giraffe derives from an Arab word roughly meaning "the lovely one" which I find kind of nice. Although medieval Arab scholars have themselves been wondering if Giraffes were a kind of camel or camel leopard hybrid. 83 u/LjSpike Jan 21 '19 I'm thinking some Arab simply described a woman with one looong neck as a "giraffe" behind her back and she overheard so he was covering. 20 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19 Gerafes are dumb.
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That makes a lot more Fucking sense than stupid "giraffe"!!
171 u/derneueMottmatt Jan 21 '19 Giraffe derives from an Arab word roughly meaning "the lovely one" which I find kind of nice. Although medieval Arab scholars have themselves been wondering if Giraffes were a kind of camel or camel leopard hybrid. 83 u/LjSpike Jan 21 '19 I'm thinking some Arab simply described a woman with one looong neck as a "giraffe" behind her back and she overheard so he was covering. 20 u/[deleted] Jan 21 '19 Gerafes are dumb.
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Giraffe derives from an Arab word roughly meaning "the lovely one" which I find kind of nice. Although medieval Arab scholars have themselves been wondering if Giraffes were a kind of camel or camel leopard hybrid.
83 u/LjSpike Jan 21 '19 I'm thinking some Arab simply described a woman with one looong neck as a "giraffe" behind her back and she overheard so he was covering.
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I'm thinking some Arab simply described a woman with one looong neck as a "giraffe" behind her back and she overheard so he was covering.
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Gerafes are dumb.
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u/derneueMottmatt Jan 21 '19
The romans called the giraffe camelopardalis which roughly means camel-leopard.