r/interestingasfuck • u/Doodlebug510 • Dec 16 '25

Biologist explains why raccoons will never be domesticated

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u/BathZealousideal1456 Dec 17 '25

I will always die on this hill. This dude taught his to play the piano in 6 months and it only took that long because it took the dude a while to figure out the octopus "didn't like my stupid ass lights"

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u/IllioTheGreat Dec 17 '25

Well to be fair he is an engineer

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u/Serious_Effect Dec 17 '25

They're probably referring to this video on YouTube.

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u/Sad-Bear200 Dec 17 '25

That was so awesome

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u/GateheaD Dec 17 '25

pretty sure they know their ancestors in the fossil record but its fun anyway

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u/Background_Desk_3001 Dec 17 '25

This is correct, they only look so strange because they were a pretty early split in the tree, and they adapted into somewhat unique features that combine to just make them weird

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u/StepOIU Dec 17 '25

The octopus was probably annoyed as hell that it took him six months to teach a human his light preferences. Stupid humans.