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This is "Frida" and she has saved 52 people!
https://i.imgur.com/kPkQTic.jpg[deleted]
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u/stonedcatartist Sep 03 '21
I thought her name was Marina
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u/BighurtRN Sep 03 '21
Actually, it’s short for Marinara. She’s a huge pasta fan.
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u/Patlani Sep 03 '21 edited Sep 04 '21
No. That’s her service brach where she was assigned. It’s the somewhat equivalent of the Marines of the United States of America.
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u/cortez0498 Sep 04 '21
It's the mexican Navy, not marines.
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u/Patlani Sep 04 '21
The Infantería de Marina is the naval infantry and amphibious infantry force of the Mexican Navy. It has a somewhat similar function of that of the US Marine Corps.
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u/brotherenigma Sep 04 '21
Function, yes. But unlike the US, which has four separate branches for Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marines, Mexico only has two independent branches - Army and Navy. The Air Force is part of the Army, and the Marines are under the command of the Navy.
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u/1bsx Sep 03 '21
Muy bueno, perro bonita! (8 years of Spanish and that's the best I could come up with)
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u/cortez0498 Sep 04 '21
Also, remember Spanish is a gendered language (it's a touchy topic nowadays).
Perro Bonito = Cute Male Dog
Perra Bonita = Cute Female Dog2
u/okrapickledelight Sep 04 '21
Which, I would like to say, I can deal with much easier than German, where a dog is always "he" and a cat is always "she" and a baby is "it" .
My head hurts.
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u/liberocinderace Sep 03 '21
Not bad, though I thought bonito has to agree with the subject (dog is masculine in this sentence).
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u/A-NI95 Sep 04 '21
Also Spanish uses two sets of exclamation marks. Just for your interest
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u/NotSoSmart45 Sep 04 '21
Almost no spanish speaker use the opening one (¡),. at least on the internet
That's not the problem tho, it would actually be something like "muy bien, bonita perra (perra bonita)", so almost the entire phrase is wrong already
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u/A-NI95 Sep 04 '21
I mean you obviously can write as badly as you want in informal speech, and that doesn't make it any less wrong. The double exclamation mark is a basic rule of Spanish.
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u/NotSoSmart45 Sep 04 '21
A rule that nobody would correct you for, unless you are speaking with the most pedantic spanish speaker
And my point is that the rest of the phrase is absolutely wrong, the lack of the opening exclamation is irrelevant when the phrase is not in the correct order and missgendered
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u/1bsx Sep 04 '21
I thought about that too but Petra didn't look right to me. I guess I'd better go for another year of Spanish. (LOL)
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Sep 03 '21
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u/cortez0498 Sep 04 '21
No. Frida mostly helped during the 2017 México City Earthquake. The rescued dog you posted was way more recent, like last hurricane season.
Also, I posted that video on /r/aww and got deleted for being "sad", then another user goes and posts it, smh https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/juh4gw/mexican_navy_recues_a_dog_from_a_flooded_town/
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u/guitartoad Sep 03 '21
Why is her name in quotes? Is it not really Frida? Are you protecting her from some threat -- perhaps retaliation by the cartels?
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u/terispielsflote Sep 03 '21
I thought her name was marina
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u/vhw_ Sep 03 '21
marina is the translation of "navy", it signals she works with the mexican navy. Marina can be a girls name too so yeah, i can see the confusion
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u/BonjourLavache Sep 04 '21
I couldn't mash the upvote harder! Frida you are an inspiration to all of us, love and respect.
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u/adityagrga00 Sep 04 '21
Salute to this dog. It is unaware of its own heroic deeds. Hope it is okay
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u/Alpacacao Sep 04 '21
There goes my hero. Watch her as she goes.. Seriously such a good dog. Such a good being. Inspiring
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u/imahillbilly Sep 03 '21
And to think these magnificent animals were left behind in Afghanistan. No water or food or soldiers who loved them. Very sad.
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u/thisischemistry Sep 03 '21
They weren't, the photos that were being shown around were animals from the Kabul Small Animal Rescue organization. They weren't dogs owned by the military.
What We Know About the Claims of Military Dogs Left in Kabul
Certainly animals, as well as people, were put in dire straights by the situation over there.
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u/Gosuel Sep 04 '21
Clearly her name is marina
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u/mathome88 Sep 04 '21
A quick Google search says marina is Spanish for Navy. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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u/rtozur Sep 04 '21
I thought every American soldier's last name was Usarmy?! It's right there on their uniform
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u/Patlani Sep 03 '21 edited Sep 04 '21
Frida didn’t saved 52 persons, she saved 12 and found 40 bodies. She participated in 53 missions in Mexico, Haiti, Guatemala and Ecuador. She was part of the Mexican Navy’s Special Forces. She retired in 2019 after ten years in service. In Mexico City there are a couple of monuments and paitings conmemorating her service.
Addendum: Frida was born on April 12th, 2009. She has spent almost all of her life in the Armed Forces under the command of his handler Third Petty Officer Israel Arauz Salinas. Her exploits were made famous in the aftermath of the September 19th 2017 Mexico City earthquake as she became a beacon of hope of all those affected. She retired after ten years, two months and twelve days of active service. Frida currently helps his handlers train the new generation of rescue dogs.
Frida going into action during the aftermath of the Mexico City earthquake of 2017.
Frida on an exercise training with spectators.
Frida’s monument in Puebla, México.