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Why is the animal named Juan?
The animal Juan is named so because of the human tendency to create demarcations between objects in the world. The most common way to do this, is through naming.
Naming is a process which allows the human mind to group similar objects together, thus creating categories. The animal Juan could also be named 'Cat', or 'Feline' or even just 'Animal'.
But it is Juan, because humans have placed this particular cat into a subcategory of 'Juan', thus making the name 'Cat' less specific.
It is also possible that the creator of this particular cat, has named the animal 'Juan', because it was a gift from someone called Juan. It is likely that if a human buys an object, they will want to make sure that other humans know who gave them the gift.
But this is not the case here because humans have named cats before, and they are still called Cat. Therefore humans must also believe that Juan has a more specific meaning than just 'Cat'.
Humans also tend to name things so that they can identify them when needed. They can then call the object, and it will come to them.