Japanese crossword «Cancer»
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Wikipedia: "Cancer is a genus of marine crabs". Lobsters are in completely different family.
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This is really interesting, I see a mix of both crab and lobster being used to represent cancer when I did a search, but mostly crabs are used. Did some extra digging and found the following on Encyclopedia Brittanica:
"Cancer, (Latin: “Crab”) ... Its representation as a crab (or lobster or crayfish) is related to the crab in Greek mythology that pinched Heracles while he was fighting the Lernaean hydra."
But I also found mention of a few places where the native word used for this particular sign is actually the native word for lobster instead of crab, making those people confused as to why we all use a crab. Crazy world we live in...and I can't believe a game just made me do research for funs!
"Cancer, (Latin: “Crab”) ... Its representation as a crab (or lobster or crayfish) is related to the crab in Greek mythology that pinched Heracles while he was fighting the Lernaean hydra."
But I also found mention of a few places where the native word used for this particular sign is actually the native word for lobster instead of crab, making those people confused as to why we all use a crab. Crazy world we live in...and I can't believe a game just made me do research for funs!
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Thanks for sharing what you found, Melinda. It was nice to have a bit of trivia to go with the image :)
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Nephropoidea...but still a really good (if rather symmetrical) image !!
replynice design, myths change through the years, thanks
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A Lobster by any other name still tastes excellent.
For me, it's a lobster. If it is Cancer or not, it depends of the country.
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Maybe the lobster has cancer... did you think of that?!?!? https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1986-03-12-8601150423-story.html
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4 minutes and 30 seconds... i could beat this easily but it was my first try score.
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