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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago

"Lobsters are mermaids to scorpions." - Cookie Monster

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Omg they look cute

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Isn’t bat in German something the Flidermaus which is “flying mouse”?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

It's 'bald mouse' in French, that much I know.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

It's "fluttering mouse" in Norwegian.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Leather mouse in Hungarian

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

English used to have a word like that borrowed from Middle Dutch. Lots of Germanic languages have a word for bats that means something like "flying/floating mouse".