misk@sopuli.xyz to YUROP@lemm.ee · edit-22 days agoRaccoon invasion of Germanysopuli.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1215cross-posted to: raccoons@lemmy.world
arrow-up1215external-linkRaccoon invasion of Germanysopuli.xyzmisk@sopuli.xyz to YUROP@lemm.ee · edit-22 days agomessage-square58fedilinkcross-posted to: raccoons@lemmy.world
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days 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-22 days 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-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-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.