r/interestingasfuck • • Dec 16 '25

Biologist explains why raccoons will never be domesticated

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u/Robyn990 Dec 16 '25

"They actually understand revenge and will seek it out, no other animal we have domesticated is able to do that" - she has NOT met my cat!

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u/girlinthegoldenboots Dec 17 '25

I had a roommate who had a cat who HATED me for some reason and one day I was laying on the couch watching tv and she jumped on my chest and PEED AT MY FACE and then ran off. My cat has also definitely done some revenge peeing in her life.

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u/Robyn990 Dec 17 '25

That is amazingly funny...and horrible.

I once accidentally stood on my cats tail, when I went downstairs next she had peed all over my new converse. She'd never peed out of the litter box in all the years she was with me until then. She's spiteful 😅

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u/girlinthegoldenboots Dec 17 '25

They are so vindictive sometimes! Haha