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More like ocean piglet - the small kinda pig looking creature, that was shipped to europe via the ocean
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Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum von … quieck, quiiieeck, quieck…
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It is consistent with polish too. “Świnka morska” literally means “Sea piggy”
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I’ve have learnt that Capybaras are also sometimes called “Water Pig” in German. We are onto something big here.
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i mean guinea pigs were originally bred as a replacement food source for ocean voyages as it tasted the same as a pig but was way smaller
thus the name (morski prašiček - sea piglet in slovene)
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Meanwhile in Italy: “little Indian pig”
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