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Raccoons are famous for their tendency to "wash" their food, but they're not washing anything at all! (lemmy.nz)

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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t know if this is true, but I’m upvoting it anyway, just in case…

[–] thirteene@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

racoon washing cotton candy This lil guy learned not to wash cotton candy

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 23 points 1 year ago

He is a wizard.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.animalsaroundtheglobe.com/the-raccoons-fascination-with-washing-food-5-291391/

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

god i fucking detest these articles that have to interrupt every other sentence with a massive image