Mar 13
Same animal according to Danish. They’re both “marsvin”
It means sea-pig because people thought the whale was kinda pig-shaped and it lived in the sea.
Then we learned the Germans called the rodents “Meerschweinchen” which means little-sea-pig because they thought they were kinda pig-shaped and came from across the sea and it sounded enough like “marsvin” so we just called them that too.
So if Danes from towns near the see tell you they saw a “marsvin” while they were out on their walk it’s a good idea to ask clarifying questions.
