r/BeAmazed • u/L0kivich • 17h ago

Animal Japanese raccoon dogs called Tanuki.

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u/Ternarian 17h ago

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u/Oops_All_Bans 10h ago

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u/Mr_WhatFish 2h ago

I don’t know if this is widely known outside of Japan, but in legends, Tanuki have huge scrotums/balls.

They are using their scrotums as parachutes not tails as you might think at first glance.

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u/DeadWombats 16h ago

I just noticed that his tail is striped like a raccoon and not a tanuki.

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u/jokerswild97 13h ago

Reminder that PETA wanted to boycott Nintendo because of this. They said it encouraged kids to skin and wear animals.

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u/MrMonte 9h ago

Jokes on them, I picked some flowers and burned my house down instead.

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u/TrailMomKat 7h ago

I just ate a strange mushroom and it made me REALLY big for a few hours

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u/djaqk 8h ago

PETA has done more damage to animal rights than any other org could have even if they were trying thier hardest to do so lol

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u/HyenDry 16h ago

At first glance it’s easy to mistaken this for a raccoon because the faces are so similar

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u/Level_99_Healer 10h ago

My office is decorating and dressing up as Mario for Halloween this year. I've been drawing and painting Mario in various costumes for people. I have him in his frog suit and I'm working on his fire outfit. I keep looking at this one (it was my favorite when I was a kid) and trying to decide if I should make him, too. I already have a full plate with everything else I'm doing, and with the occasional actual work I have to do, so I'm not sure if I can. Maybe I'll put my insomnia to work this weekend...

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u/MNotHereJustIgnoreMe 12h ago

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