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[–] 132 points 1 year ago (2 children)

from left to right:

  • human
  • dog
  • horse
  • flamingo
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  • [–] 68 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    With a helpful reminder in parenthesis that they mean flamingo the bird, as opposed to the casino, which doesn’t have any feet.

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    According to their press kit, their casino alone has 93,000 feet. All of them square for some reason.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    But why Katakana? Those are some reasonably basic kanji- certainly not beyond bird anyway.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    it seems that the scientific nomenclature for families of animals in Japanese uses katakana:

    this is confirmed by a few comments on this page: https://ja.hinative.com/questions/14614111

    Basically, the kanji “犬” is used. Since “犬” is an elementary Kanji character, the hiragana “いぬ” is not often used.

    The katakana “イヌ” is used in more biological contexts than “犬”.

    Example:

    • “Walking with a dog” 犬
    • “Inu is a mammalian animal” イヌ

    However, not all Japanese follow this rule. If in doubt, just write the kanji character for “dog” and you will be fine.

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