Literal English Translations of German Words for Animals

Can you guess what English words these are supposed to be based on their literally-translated counterparts?

Some of these are extremely specific animals, so I tried to help and allowed other close animals acceptable.

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/funny-animal-names-in-german

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Hint	German Word	Literally Translated Phrase	Answer
Basically a pig-like thing with spikes.	Stachelschwein	Spike Pig	Porcupine
Oddly enough, not from one of Indonesia's neighbors	Meerschweinchen	Ocean Piglet	Guinea Pig
World's Largest Rodent	Wasserschwein	Water Pig	Capybara
Or in English, Sea Cow	Seeschwein	Sea Pig	Dugong
You'll see them go through hoops	Schweinswal	Pig Whale	Porpoise
You'll find it digging in your trash...	Waschbär	Wash Bear	Raccoon
Danksagung	Truthan	Threatening Chicken	Turkey
The hare lost to this animal	Schildkröte	Shield Toad	Tortoise
A snail with nothing else on it	Nacktschencke	Naked Snail	Slug
Fish that... well... inks	Tintenfisch	Ink Fish	Squid
The only mammal that can fly	Fledermaus	Flutter Mouse	Bat
Get out the Tomato Juice...	Stinktier	Stink Animal	Skunk
The most Texan animal	Gürteltier	Belt Animal	Armadillo
They sleep 15-18 hours daily	Faultier	Lazy Animal	Sloth
Perry the _____	Schnabeltier	Beak Animal	Platypus
Get a ball for it to balance	Seehund	Sea Dog	Seal
Gotta save those nuts for winter	Eichhörnchen/Eichkätzchen	Little Oak Horn (or) Oak Croissant/Oak Kitten	Squirrel
Sahara Spitter	Trampeltier	Trampling Animal	Camel
Six More Weeks of Winter!	Murmeltier	Mumbling Animal	Groundhog

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