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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago

Because "pantanal" means "from the swamp" in at least Portuguese and, probably also Spanish, and these cats are probably native to swampy areas in South America?!

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 13 points 1 month ago

That’s because swamp-ass cat was rejected.

[–] morto@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago

For the same reason hoomans named the siamese cat

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Because thats the name of the region where you live

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

what a dumb meme