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Anonymous 08/22/2022 (Mon) 16:08:47 No.627

I have a chapter from Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia on raccoons and their allies.

Anonymous 08/22/2022 (Mon) 16:09:22 No.628

>>627

Anonymous 08/22/2022 (Mon) 23:39:07 No.630

>>627 >>628 Thanks for this

Anonymous 08/23/2022 (Tue) 20:10:00 No.633

>>627 Red pandas are now considered part of their own family, Ailuridae.

Anonymous 08/25/2022 (Thu) 16:39:53 No.645

>>633 How do they decide that? Is there some adaptation that everyone in procyonidae shares but red pandas lack?

Anonymous 08/25/2022 (Thu) 19:13:58 No.646

>>645 Usually it's just decided by genetics, and it seems to be the case with Auliridae too from what I've read.

Anonymous 08/27/2022 (Sat) 10:49:00 No.649

>>628 > Although historically believed to wash their food before eating, this habit is a myth and simply the result of raccoons often searching for and handling aquatic food with their dexterous forepaws. What? Is this true?

Anonymous 08/27/2022 (Sat) 10:54:10 No.650

>>649 They definitely do like to put their food in the water, maybe it's not to wash it but just for fun, or because something compels them

Anonymous 09/18/2022 (Sun) 16:39:57 No.776