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also racoon
as in rabbit
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Recent Examples of raccoon
Wayne County prosecutors allege that on June 17, Montgomery tortured and burned a raccoon at a home in the 12000 block of Washburn Street in Detroit and posted a video on social media of the animal being burned alive.
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Joseph Buczek,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
The ad appears to have sprung from a rumor that Wahl’s fiancee once had a pet raccoon.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
Lastly, raccoons also carry a higher risk of being a rabies vector—a concern for people and pets.
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Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
20 June 2026
On Monday afternoon, bumblebees and butterflies fluttered from flower to flower, while deer and raccoon tracks were printed into the dirt trails, still wet from this weekend’s rain.
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Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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Joseph Buczek,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
The ad appears to have sprung from a rumor that Wahl’s fiancee once had a pet raccoon.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
Lastly, raccoons also carry a higher risk of being a rabies vector—a concern for people and pets.
—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
20 June 2026
On Monday afternoon, bumblebees and butterflies fluttered from flower to flower, while deer and raccoon tracks were printed into the dirt trails, still wet from this weekend’s rain.
—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raccoon
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Keep Out Host Animals Ticks love to catch a ride on host animals like deer, rabbits, and chipmunks.
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The sea urchin omelette is unexpected and satisfying, as is the rabbit sausage.
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There’s the yellow, blue-nosed beaver Norb (Nick Bakay) — witty, sophisticated, sarcastic, and opinionated.
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In recent years, however, beaver reintroductions have started to become more popular in the country because these semi-aquatic rodents are amazing natural engineers.
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Gassing of the muskrat runs, or burrows, was also tried.
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In fact, one quite successful muskie artificial lure is fashioned of fur in the shape of a small muskrat, and has a black soft-plastic tail.
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Sonoma County Animal Services said its officers responded to the resident's call and discovered that the otter was actually a tiny baby American mink.
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The American mink likely wandered into the resident's yard from the riverbank, according to the Sonoma County Animal Service.
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There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
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Here's what to know about Splash the otter.
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Rabies is often found in bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes, but any mammal can be infected.
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There are numerous color choices, including toffee, fox, mood indigo, soft pink, blue pearl, lava rock, and toasted coconuts.
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Over the next several decades, a roll call of Pennsylvania’s native animals would be extirpated, including mountain lions, wolves, wolverines, badgers, pine marten, and fisher cats; whitetail deer were nearly wiped out of the state, as were black bears and turkeys.
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Although honey badgers are often described online as though venom simply doesn’t affect them, the reality is a bit more nuanced.
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Other small mammals like ferrets, degus, sugar gliders, chinchillas, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, rats and mice are all allowed as pets.
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What's more, the European Commission is planning to announce a decision on banning the holding and killing of mink, foxes, raccoon, dogs and chinchilla, and marketing of fur products from those animals, according to its website.
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“Raccoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raccoon. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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