I was telling my German colleague about how my parents, who were living in Spain, kept having problems with eagles killing their chickens. Me: yeah, these eagles come down out of the mountains, they steal the chickens right out of the pen! Frank: an eagle!? AN EAGLE DOES THIS!? Me: yes, they have eagles over there, mad isn't it? Frank: AN EAGLE IS STEALING THE CHICKENS? Me: errr, yeah, they're predators you know? Frank: THEY ARE PREDATORS? Me: yeah, and they fly down and kill the chickens and fly off with them Frank: THEY FLY... wait, hang on... Oh.... I see... Err... In German, Igel is.. Errr... (long, long pause)... AH! IN GERMAN, EIN IGEL IS A HEDGEHOG! (Originally written by u/ben_jamin_h)