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[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

In German and Dutch it's way worse: "Säugetier" and "zoogdier". Both can roughly be translated to "sucking animals". I was taught in school that it's called that because babies suck on the mother's breasts to be fed and this is a unique trait to mammals. So in conclusion, we all suck.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

in swedish it's basically that except we say "nursing animals", which is more specific

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 1 points 2 hours ago

That sounds like a porno where nurses go wild.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Same in Slovene. Sesalec - Sucker.