• Akasazh@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Fun fact: A canary is named after a dog.

    The Canary islands are named thusly because the romans found many wild dogs there, baking them ‘the islands of the dogs’ (canis).

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      oh that makes sense! that’s probably why canary and canine looks similar, must have the same root.