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[โ€“] Akasazh@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: A canary is named after a dog.

The Canary islands are named thusly because the romans found many wild dogs there, baking them 'the islands of the dogs' (canis).

[โ€“] nialv7@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

oh that makes sense! that's probably why canary and canine looks similar, must have the same root.