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TIL that up to 1,500 baby raccoons were imported to Japan per year as pets during the 70’s due to the anime “Rascal Raccoon"s popularity. The descendants have multiplied after being released following a similar scene in the show. The population is now in the 200,000s and is a major destructive pest.

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