Literal translation of the Norwegian word for raccoon is Wasing-Bear
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Tenthrow@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Racoons clean their food.
Oisteink@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Retiring@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
The German word for raccoon is Waschbär
tunetardis@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Same in Japanese. araiguma translates as washing bear.
wh0se@lemmy.world 8 months ago
On the contrary, in French it is raton-laveur, which translates to washing baby rat.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
French is clearly more correct than German here. They are rats not bears
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 8 months ago
It makes sense. How else could you be a chef if you didn’t have opposable thumbs
Natanael@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
Tvättbjörn
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
They don’t clean it, at least that’s not their intention. They don’t have saliva, so they’re really just trying to get it wet.
It’s more like those hot dog eating contests where they dunk the whole thing in water.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 8 months ago
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Is that why that video of the raccoon losing cotton candy in a stream exists?
gregorum@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Thanks. I’m sad again.
jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
He was given more cotton candy and eventually figured out that it can’t go in water and ate some dry.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
This story had better be true Mister!
gregorum@lemm.ee 8 months ago
awww!
private_eye@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Racoon sure got that share piped.video/watch?v=eesxH2-8Jlo
HotboxedSubmersible@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes