Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Professional nerd and grammar nazi, writes in Dutch and English. Can read some German, French and Spanish too. Learning русский.

Location:: Netherlands

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 23:43:23 +0100

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Watching TV for a bit, National Geographic, about #lions. How in earth do we call lions the kings of the jungle?

Lions don't live in the jungle. Leopards, panthers and jaguars do, but lions live on the savannah.

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Fri, 27 Jan 2023 23:49:46 +0100

Hans

hans@federate.hopto.org

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight

Blame #music :-)

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 23:53:57 +0100

V. T. Eric Layton

vtel57@diasp.org

"Queens of the Savanna" just didn't have that right ring to it. That's how the lion became King of the Jungle. As with most things considered and parsed by humanity, the misogynist thought of "kings" is bullshit, too. The lionesses (queens) keep those prides alive and working well.

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 23:59:10 +0100

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

Yeah, male lions are pretty lazy freeloaders.

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:02:09 +0100

V. T. Eric Layton

vtel57@diasp.org

That's it. They fuck, eat, and chase away the occasional danger to the pride.

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:02:59 +0100

Hans

hans@federate.hopto.org

They follow their d.... tail? :-) Maybe that is why they call them King, they seem to have sex a lot

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:04:24 +0100

Hans van Zijst

hans@social.woefdram.nl

They're sexual predators ;-)

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:06:33 +0100

V. T. Eric Layton

vtel57@diasp.org

They’re sexual predators ;-)

Furry ones! ;)

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:15:03 +0100

Hans

hans@federate.hopto.org

Hairi cats?

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:15:15 +0100

Hans

hans@federate.hopto.org

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:17:11 +0100

V. T. Eric Layton

vtel57@diasp.org

;)

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 02:41:02 +0100

Isaac Kuo

isaackuo@diaspora.glasswings.com

Looking around on the internet a bit, I think that the reason we call lions the "king of the jungle" is because the word "jungle" did not always refer to what we now call jungle environments.