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Nazi raccoons conquer Europe

Posted by on Thu 11 Mar 2004 - 20:23
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An Article on Ananova describes how racoons, not natives of Europe, bred in Germany in the 1930's have grown so great in numbers that there are now as many racoons-per-square-mile as there are in the US.

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Anon — Fri 12 Mar 2004 - 14:44
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Well I guess it is only fair, after all the foxes and starlings and boars and pheasants and house sparrows and all that Europe has given US.

Anon — Sat 13 Mar 2004 - 21:28
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The animals in the photo look more like raccoon dogs to me than North American raccoons.

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