if its a bigger than a rat but doesnt look like a wolf, then its a pig

https://www.hs.fi/tiede/art-2000011343950.html

badger is Finnish anima and Finns originally named it "forest pig", this changed later with knowledge of biology

badger however is infact related to a wolf for real

other people have named porcupines as "spined pigs"

porcupine is related to rats

european people who went to afrika, named aadvark as "ground pig"

aadvark is distant relative of an elephant

then some europeans went to south america and discovered cabybara

they named it "waterpig" because it spend so much time in water

but turns it its yet another rat relative

>horse? riding pig
>dog? carnivorous pig
>cat? tiny lion pig
>lion? big sharp pig
>fish? water pig
>spider? tiny many legs pig

how do they reproduce

>>509647084
its a mystery

>>509646253 (OP)
Sounds like it's just a broad term for a group of animals. Like critter/creature, beast

>>509646253 (OP)
They only named it aardvark so it would be first in the dictionary. Dutch are sneaky jews

Guinea pig pig

>>509646253 (OP)
Good observation
In Serbia this is called a "sea swine"
It's neither marine nor pig

>>509647683
Interesting

>>509646253 (OP)
Schwein is German for Pig. The Schwoedes (Swedes) drove the Goths west

Donuz is Pig in Azeri Turkic. The Danes drove the Avar turks out of Europe.

In Hebrew Pig is Khazir. The Khazars lived far north of Israel and attacked the true tribes of Israel.

>>509647985
interesting

>>509646253 (OP)
It's explained in the article that it's because when explorers traveling the world found new animals they named them after what they were already familiar with. And everyone knew pigs.
Same shit with the hippopotamus, people found a big animal that likes rivers and has a head somewhat reminiscent of a horse, and thus named it river horse.

>>509646253 (OP)
the brain is the only organ that named itself

Greek people thought this was a horse.

>>509648291
Hippos/horse means to run.
They didn't think it was a horse they named it based on phenology do you really think that the learned greeks and romans thought crocodiles were actually a type of worm because they called them rock worms,Think sandfly its not a fly but a gnat that resembles a fly.

>>509646253 (OP)
>this changed later with knowledge of biology

Wow
So they first hazzarded a guess at a name then after studying the creature came up with a more precise name.
Very bizzare
A thread died for this

>>509646253 (OP)
Wait until you find out penguins are named after a bird that is now extinct and wasn't a penguin

>>509646253 (OP)
Needlerat

>>509649172
wait what

>>509649519
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_auk

>>509648291

Well, topological... it kinda is. I mean, take a horse, fatten it up a bit... et voila!

>>509649762
oh yea the auk
i was unaware of the penguin misnomer though
imteresting; thanks

>>509647084
The male can fire ejaculate over 20 feet

>>509646253 (OP)
Water pig eh? I've met a few of those.

>>509650962
hes just like me !