Okay, maybe it’s not one animal but a family.. but hear me out!! Raccoons and coatis. There’s something in the procyonidae family that scratches my itch. Maybe it’s the usually ringed long tails or interesting snouts. How I found out about them? I actually don’t know, I haven’t seen any yet, and that’s on my bucket list. sigh. Raccoons aren’t a very popular animated character choice so it’s definitely not that. No, I haven’t watched guardians of the galaxy. Fun fact: They mostly DO NOT “wash” their food, even though in german they are literally called “wash bears” - waschbär “Research has shown that this food-dousing behavior only occurs in raccoons raised in captivity. In the wild, raccoons do not exhibit food-washing behavior, but search for aquatic prey by dabbling and feeling along the stream or pond bottom. Their paws contain highly developed nerves, and the water actually makes their paws more sensitive. Dabbling behavior in water is a fixed motor pattern in raccoons. Since only…
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