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86 Trash Panda Pics That Prove They’re The Cutest Animal In The World
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Stumbling upon a raccoon in your trash can is annoying, to say the least. But once you look into those beady little eyes surrounded by dark fur, you realize that raccoons are just smaller, more street-wise pandas, and they start to grow on you. Today we're celebrating nature's notorious bandits, and you'll probably love it even if you found garbage all over your driveway this morning.
'Trash panda' is not a nickname bestowed lightly on these critters. Raccoons belong to the biological suborder Caniformia, which also includes dogs, bears, and you guessed it - red pandas. Alright, so they might not be genetically related to the Beijing equivalent, but they're just as fluffy and adorable.
Raccoons may seem like instinct-driven bandits in the wild, but they're more clever than they get credit for. After being studied numerous times by ethologists throughout the 1900's, raccoons were determined to have razor sharp memory, and demonstrated the ability to remember solutions to tasks for up to 3 years - which is basically their average lifespan. The next time you feel like calling them pests, keep in mind that they'll probably remember your face, your house, where you keep your trash...
Check out the cutest raccoons we could find below, and vote for the ones that scurried away with your heart.
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Yes, I know a broken bone is not adorable, but sometimes the remedy is!!
So nice of you to have me over to your lovely home - the sea cottage motif really works in here! nom nom nom...
"Come on, give me a push." "Why, you can crawl through down here."
"How long does it take for my eyes to open? I can't see where I'm going."
"You go to the left and I'll go to the right, then we'll sneak up on him."
"Oh no....oh no.....you're not going to take my temperature, are you?"
In German racoon = wash(ing) bear, but he doesn't look so happy about being washed...
