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I had no idea about this, and been computing for almost 20 years now, thanks!

Trying to get ping to ping `0.0.0.0` was interesting

    $ ping -c 1 ""
    ping: : Name or service not known

    $ ping -c 1 "."
    ping: .: No address associated with hostname

    $ ping -c 1 "0."
    ^C

    $ ping -c 1 ".0"
    ping: .0: Name or service not known

    $ ping -c 1 "0"
    PING 0 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.028 ms

    $ ping -c 1 "0.0"
    PING 0.0 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from 127.0.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.026 ms

>>diggan+(OP)
0.0.0.0 is a reserved address to mean "this device". Also, 0/8 is a reserved subnet to mean "this network" (which no-one uses any more). I wouldn't have expected ping to substitute 127.0.0.1, but it's not that weird either.