Raccoons

Links: It’s Fat Bear Week!

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A fat bear stands in a stream.

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Fat Bear Week: Past and Present

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Cat knapsack.

51 Photos Of Silly Cats Doing Whatever They Want

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Fall out, recruits!

In This Boot Camp, the Recruits Are Baby Raccoons

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From half a heart to whole-hearted.

Lonely Swan Meets The One Who Changes Everything

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He didn’t have a minute to spare!

Puppy Found Living In A Tire Turns Into The Wiggliest Little Guy

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And finally: Show Your Puppies!

Dana D. brings us the Simba-Cam.

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Links: Some Assembly Required

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A cat lies in a box photograph from overhead. The cats arm, legs and head are all in strange positions.

What do you mean you lost the Allen wrench?

Hilarious Cat Photos For Anyone Who Could Use A Little Pick-Me-Up

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They’re like fire-eaters in advance.

‘Firefighter donkeys’ are helping prevent wildfires from spreading in Spain

CNN, via Karen P.

They ‘don’ care how silly they look.

Donkeys don pyjamas and don-gerees to stop insect bites

BBC, via Andrew Y.

Appropriately, it’s short.

Jimothy Browser-based Arcade Game

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Rest in peace.

Winnipeg’s beloved white bison Blizzard dies at age 21

CTV News, via Sowmya D.

And finally: Grateful Goose

Andrew Y. shares a woman doing a honkin’ good deed.

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Jimothy, Crafty Critter

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Photograph of a crocheted representation of Jimothy, a raccoon with a shortened spine.

Jimothy, Seattle’s favorite abbreviated raccoon, captures the hearts of crafters everywhere as shown in these examples found by reader DebG. He’s the perfect subject for when you’re short on material.

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Links: New Cryptid on the Block

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Photo of a raccoon with a deformed spine that makes it shorter than normal.

If we follow him, will he lead us to a pot o’ gold?

Jimothy the short-spined raccoon becomes an internet sensation

My Ballard, via Karen F. & Allein

Happy scrolling!

301 White Cats That Prove They Also Share One Brain Cell

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Teeny little face!

Couple rescues mouse from forest

GeoBeats / YouTube, via Karen F.

And finally: Bebeh Koala!

Thérèse B. found this cutie still in mama’s pouch.

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