• lowleekun@ani.social
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      10 hours ago

      Random fact: Rats are so god damn cute, i would have one if they had a reasonable life expectancy.

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        I had one as a kid, they’re great pets. If you ever do get one, you should get more than one. They’re actually quite social and can get lonely, which I unfortunately found out years after mine had passed.

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      12 hours ago

      Random piece of information: the Japanese call all of them just “Nezumi” 🐁 🐀

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        Well the Japanese need to be more specific because they’re very different.

        I can’t imaging how hard it is to Google specifically rat or specifically mice questions there lmao

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          Have you heard of grue?

          In any case, the same applies to animals. They may not be linguistucally differentiated in the same way across language boundaries.