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• Retiring@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The German word for raccoon is Waschbär

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• tunetardis@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Same in Japanese. araiguma translates as washing bear.

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  • wh0se@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    On the contrary, in French it is raton-laveur, which translates to washing baby rat.

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    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      French is clearly more correct than German here. They are rats not bears

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      • Doublepluskirk@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Since they belong to the super family musteloidea, Wash Weasel seems more accurate. Definitely still closer to bears than rodents though.

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    • NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It makes sense. How else could you be a chef if you didn’t have opposable thumbs

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• Natanael@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Tvättbjörn

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