misk@sopuli.xyz to YUROP@lemm.ee · edit-21 day agoRaccoon invasion of Germanysopuli.xyzimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1212arrow-down1imageRaccoon invasion of Germanysopuli.xyzmisk@sopuli.xyz to YUROP@lemm.ee · edit-21 day agomessage-square58fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareAllNewTypeFacelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoEverybody loves raccoons, the animal embodiment of one’s indomitable, anarchic trash-goblin spirit! (5 seconds later) We regret to inform you that the presence of raccoons in Europe is a legacy of Hitler
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day agoThat might not be as far from the truth as you might think. In 1945, a few individuals escaped a pelt farm (fuck humans) near Berlin due to an unknown cause and some hypothesize a bomb dropped during an air raid could have destroyed an enclosure.
minus-squareAllNewTypeFacelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoIIRC, encouraging raccoon farming was a specific NSDAP policy, and may have started in the Nazi era.
Everybody loves raccoons, the animal embodiment of one’s indomitable, anarchic trash-goblin spirit!
(5 seconds later) We regret to inform you that the presence of raccoons in Europe is a legacy of Hitler
That might not be as far from the truth as you might think. In 1945, a few individuals escaped a pelt farm (fuck humans) near Berlin due to an unknown cause and some hypothesize a bomb dropped during an air raid could have destroyed an enclosure.
IIRC, encouraging raccoon farming was a specific NSDAP policy, and may have started in the Nazi era.