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Raccoons are famous for their tendency to "wash" their food, but they're not washing anything at all!
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Washing Ratons, not raccons. In french ratons are the genus raccoon: small nocturnal omnivorous mammals. Raton-laveur is the common raccoon. There are other less well-known species.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procyon_(genus)
Thank you for correcting me. I'm very unaware of these, as ratons not that commun in France. They are invasive though... But as of now I now more of hedgehog when it comes to small nocturnal omnivorous mammals.
They are "invasive" even where they are native. I go camping in national parks in the south of Québec and those cute little things are annoying as hell. They steal and chew anything you leave unsupervised at your camp site. They come scratch and sniff your tent multiple times a night.
Les osti de ratons!
Heureusement que les hérissons ne sont pas comme ça mais bon, eux sont malheureusement en voie de disparition.