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I think I found the funniest version of "The tortoise and the hare" tale type just now 😄 From Japan.

It is about a centipede and a slug running a race to a shrine. Obviously the centipede gets there first, but when the slug arrives, centipede is still taking his sandals off, so slug enters the shrine first.

😆

#FolktaleMoment #folklore #folktales

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Toxy 🔬🇪🇺🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦

@TarkabarkaHolgy Glorious!

15 Aug 2024 at 10:49 | Open on mastodon.acc.sunet.se

coldclimate

@TarkabarkaHolgy well that is delightful, thank you

15 Aug 2024 at 10:54 | Open on hachyderm.io

Den of Earth

@TarkabarkaHolgy
Related, I was totally cheering for this guy
during the track and field events

Italian runner named "Tortu" which is the French word for tortoise

15 Aug 2024 at 11:17 | Open on mas.to

Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág

#Hungarian expression of the day:

"A béka segge alatt" = "Under the frog's ass"

(Very, very low, in mood or in quality. I.e. "The economy is under the frog's ass.")

For more severe cases, there is "Under the burrowing frog's ass."

🐸 🐸 🐸

#animals #language

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Barry Goldman

@TarkabarkaHolgy oh god, stagnant, cold, slimy...

wait... do frogs even HAVE asses? and is that exactly what they sit on?

2 Mar 2024 at 21:49 | Open on sauropods.win

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Vincarsi

@TarkabarkaHolgy I absolutely adore learning literal translations of idioms. Idk why it makes so happy, but it really does!! Thank you for this, I'm sick with a cold but this made me smile 😁😁

2 Mar 2024 at 22:09 | Open on mastodon.social

Amy Isard

@TarkabarkaHolgy I knew this because of Tibor Fischer's novel "Under the Frog"!

2 Mar 2024 at 23:08 | Open on fediscience.org

Dr. Zalka Csenge Virág

A post I made on FB about my favorite animals led to a whole lot of people realizing that pink fairy armadillos are an actual thing, and it is delightful to watch 😆

I guess I'm now spreading the gospel of the pink fairy armadillo. They are real, y'all.

#armadillos #animals #nature #cute

Pink fairy armadillo. A small, tube-shaped creature with soft beige fur on the underside, and pink sectioned armor on its back. Small black beady eyes, tiny pink nose, large pink digging feet. The butt is flat, and serves as a plug when the armadillo burrows into a hole.

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Sebiturbo💉💉💉💉💉🌱🇺🇦

@TarkabarkaHolgy
Thank you for taking care on this rare species.
In Bavaria I saw the last Wolpertinger in the forest close to Hintertupfing, yesterday.
Very rare!

10 Sep 2023 at 19:10 | Open on muenchen.social

Sven Holger Wolf 🌐🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

@TarkabarkaHolgy
...not to forget the Bavarian Wolpertinger

10 Sep 2023 at 19:12 | Open on mastodon.social

Sharonbw

@TarkabarkaHolgy
My 12 year old granddaughter was thrilled when I showed her your post. We had to research them some more and now she wants to go to Argentina!