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by seszett 1280 days ago
By the way, the French word for raccoon is "raton laveur" which means "washing rat-like-thing". So it looks like they're supposed to wash their food indeed.
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omnibrain 1280 days ago
The german word is "Waschbär". As you may guess, that translates to "wash bear".
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WelcomeShorty 1280 days ago
The dutch word is "wasbeer". As you may guess, that translates to "wash bear".
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stefs 1280 days ago
The austrian word is also "Waschbär". As you may guess, that translates to "wash bear" too.
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omnibrain 1280 days ago
I wonder how the german speaking swiss call it?
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