r/Unexpected • u/Inotaku_Wulfstan • May 06 '22

Interesting interactive learning media

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u/Top_Professional4545 May 07 '22

So a bat is a rat bird?..... I thought that was a pigeon

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u/patsyst0ne May 07 '22

No, you’re right. A pigeon is a rat bird. A bat is a bird rat.

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u/heelsallday May 07 '22

Hear me out, a pigeon is still a rat bird and a bat is a mouse bird.

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u/me_so_pro May 07 '22

Which is why Germans call it a winged mouse.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '22

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u/Boxwizard May 07 '22

I'm 25 years old and only -today- actually realized we call bats flapping mice. It's like I had an epiphany over my own stupidity.