Love raccoon memes but turned off by all the people using them as weird pets
Yeah I didn’t think that was legal in the US. Definitely not encouraged. They are not domesticated.
This is what happens if you keep a raccoon as a pet:
It’s legal in California, but only with a special permit.
Wouldn’t catch me holding on to any animal with that look on its face.
What do you see in that animal’s face?
Capability for mayhem.
That is some docile mayhem
I am sure.
That raccoon does not look like he consents to this embrace and photo shoot.
Whoa you can have pet raccoons?
Sure. They do this:
Love this video, replied to it in your other comment.
Thanks, it is time to deep dive on these videos. I’m glad to learn there’s a raccoon community here.
I’m glad you enjoyed it. I just happened across that on Lemmy yesterday and shared it with my wife, which is why I had it handy. Apparently it has been on YouTube for a long time and that raccoon is a little internet famous.
I think I’ve watched all the other raccoon Willie tagged videos at this point, but I can’t find the original channel and I bet there’s a whole bunch more content somewhere
