r/BeAmazed • u/L0kivich • 17h ago

Animal Japanese raccoon dogs called Tanuki.

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u/ImaginationToForm2 14h ago

Humans aren't very good at naming things. What if we didn't have racoons then what would been the name?

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u/Urbane_One 11h ago

Tanuki.

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u/ImaginationToForm2 2h ago

racoon still in the name :)

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u/Urbane_One 1h ago

I, too, love the Taraccoonnuki. (The raccoon is silent.)