r/BeAmazed • u/L0kivich • 17h ago

Animal Japanese raccoon dogs called Tanuki.

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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.