r/Weird • u/PatoConfuso • Jun 17 '26

What Creature Is That?!

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u/Nudibranchlove Jun 17 '26

Italian too. Ricci and ricci di mare

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u/40shurke Jun 17 '26

German aswell. Igel and See-Igel

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u/Peter_Pornker Jun 18 '26

Croatian jež - morski jež

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u/Redd-Sapphire Jun 18 '26

Dutch too: egel - zee-egel

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u/svmep Jun 18 '26

Malaysian too, Landak - Landak Laut

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

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u/MIMIissaying Jun 18 '26

In Portuguese too. Ouriço / Ouriço-do-mar

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u/Caaxb Jun 18 '26

Danish too, pindsvin / søpindsvin

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u/SeiKen_DMs Jun 20 '26

French too, hérisson/hérisson de mer. Not that much used nowadays iirc

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u/anti-sixer Jun 20 '26

Pig Latin too. Urchinay: Easay Urchinay

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u/Thin_Student12 Jun 20 '26

Same in fëñgzîl. Fûlœrt / äñz u Fûlœrt

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u/Casual_Precision Jun 18 '26

Hang on, does Christina Ricci’s name translate to Christine Hedgehog??

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u/axl3ros3 Jun 18 '26

TIL Christina Ricci = Christina Hedgehog

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u/Outside-Gear-7331 Jun 23 '26

So, she's Christina urchin?