misk@sopuli.xyz to YUROP@lemm.ee · edit-211 days agoRaccoon invasion of Germanysopuli.xyzimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1imageRaccoon invasion of Germanysopuli.xyzmisk@sopuli.xyz to YUROP@lemm.ee · edit-211 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareJustin@lemmy.jlh.namelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoProcyon lotor are only native to North America and are listed as an invasive species in the EU. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon#Distribution_in_Germany
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 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-up0·edit-211 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-up1·11 days agoIIRC, encouraging raccoon farming was a specific NSDAP policy, and may have started in the Nazi era.
Procyon lotor are only native to North America and are listed as an invasive species in the EU.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon#Distribution_in_Germany
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.