Very Important Update: The raccoon finally scored

January 6, 2016 • 2:30 pm

Remember the world’s saddest raccoon from yesterday? Given a big hunk of cotton candy (known as “candy floss” to Brits), it tried to wash it in a puddle, where it instantly dissolved. Result: one puzzled and flummoxed raccoon. I’m pleased to give this update, though:

https://twitter.com/rachelzarrell/status/684503261387354112

This has been an emotional roller coaster.

16 thoughts on “Very Important Update: The raccoon finally scored”

    1. We call it that in the UK as well.
      Is it appropriate to give sugar to an animal? I suppose in the wild they might eat honey if they raided a bee hive…

  2. This is good news. Kudos to the kind people who restore faith in the constancy of matter for our furry cousins.

  3. Even when the raccoon gets its mitts on this cotton candy (square cotton candy?) I feel it must be wondering when it will suddenly disappear and leave it empty-pawed yet again, life apparently being full of such baffling events.

  4. Perhaps its ‘half bandit’ friend had an easier time with overriding the water dipping reflexes.

    What is the adaption behind the mask and its various degree of color? If its supposed to hide the eye positions for enemies/parasites, the 2nd individual has a worse time of it.

  5. Very cool! He learned that candy floss is not to be washed! (We call it candy floss too in NZ.)

    1. But I wonder if he learned that all food was now dangerous to wash, or only the cotton candy. Would this experience make him hesitant to wash anything?

        1. There’s always a US influence. We watch a lot of American TV. Pierre Trudeau (my favourite PM) once said, addressing Americans:

          Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

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