Literal translation of the Norwegian word for raccoon is Wasing-Bear
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Tenthrow@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Racoons clean their food.
Oisteink@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Retiring@lemmy.ml 1 year ago
The German word for raccoon is Waschbär
tunetardis@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Same in Japanese. araiguma translates as washing bear.
wh0se@lemmy.world 1 year ago
On the contrary, in French it is raton-laveur, which translates to washing baby rat.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
French is clearly more correct than German here. They are rats not bears
NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 1 year ago
It makes sense. How else could you be a chef if you didn’t have opposable thumbs
Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
Tvättbjörn
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 year 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 1 year ago
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Is that why that video of the raccoon losing cotton candy in a stream exists?
gregorum@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Thanks. I’m sad again.
jws_shadotak@sh.itjust.works 1 year 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 1 year ago
This story had better be true Mister!
gregorum@lemm.ee 1 year ago
awww!
private_eye@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Racoon sure got that share piped.video/watch?v=eesxH2-8Jlo
HotboxedSubmersible@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes