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Why is Totoro called Totoro? Not a dragon, but a cat, it is clearly a big rat

author:Lee ears for totoro

A lot of the names in this world are a bit strange, right?

For example, hippos are not horses, snails are not cows, geckos are not tigers, and fish are fragrant meat shreds without fish?

Since posting a lot of totoro videos, there are comments in every comment, where is this dragon? Isn't this a cat either? That's the big rat!

Why is Totoro called Totoro? Not a dragon, but a cat, it is clearly a big rat

Two months of tony cats

In fact, the totoro is native to the Andes Mountains of South America and is a rodent porcupine suborder hairy rat, while our common rats are rodents, and in essence, they are very different.

Why is Totoro called Totoro? Not a dragon, but a cat, it is clearly a big rat

Adult Totoro

So why is it called Totoro?

This incident goes back to 1988. This year, the famous Japanese manga artist Mr. Miyazaki's movie "Totoro" was released, with a magical plot and a beautiful and delicate painting style, which directly hit people's hearts and set off a "Totoro" boom. The film still has a high score of 9.2 on Douban.

The original intention of the film was due to a childhood dream in the heart of Mr. Miyazaki Toshi, when he was a child, he heard the legend of his hometown, and the green forest lived with a magical animal, and innocent children could meet it. In order to create this magical animal, Miyazaki fused the characteristics of several small animals such as the Fortune Cat, the Owl, and the Tanuki Cat to create a virtual portrait of it.

Why is Totoro called Totoro? Not a dragon, but a cat, it is clearly a big rat

Everyday sell cute and cute

With the popularity of the movie, slowly, people found that the fictional cute protagonist "Totoro" in the movie was so similar to the real-life chinchilla, they all had rabbit-like ears, fluffy tails, and soft and shiny fur. When the animated film "Totoro" was introduced to China, the Hong Kong translator gave it a Chinese name "Totoro", and the name officially spread.

Why is Totoro called Totoro? Not a dragon, but a cat, it is clearly a big rat

White fat round rolling

Totoro is docile and friendly, living for up to 15-20 years under careful care, and only one owner in his life.

Probably because I only eat vegetarian food, I have cultivated such a Buddhist personality, not arguing, and concentrating on eating grass. In the case of extreme fear, the only self-defense ability is to throw and squirt urine at you.

Why is Totoro called Totoro? Not a dragon, but a cat, it is clearly a big rat

Very close to people

The longest-standing totoro, 7 years old this year, is called bottle cap, very cute and naughty. Sometimes after sitting in front of the computer for a long time, it would run over and jump on my shoulder and brush my hair. Every time I get a hand and pull its beard, it will get angry and turn its body around and ignore me, hand over a dried carrot, and immediately get back happy again.

Much like a small child, timid, willful, love to fool around, but after crying, forget, always easy to coax well.

Why is Totoro called Totoro? Not a dragon, but a cat, it is clearly a big rat

Beauty looked back

I hope that more people can understand this small animal, who has been called a big rat for so many years for no reason, and has been misunderstood to be dirty and smelly and has plague, which is really wronged.

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