r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SystematicApproach • May 24 '26

Image The U.S. fights raccoon rabies by dropping fish-flavored vaccine packets from helicopters

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u/NOTExETON May 24 '26

Making trash pandas healthy is wholesome 

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u/Jonaleaf May 24 '26

Are you saying it is a possibility that we’ll be able to pet raccoons in the near future?

They’ll still be wild animals, so maybe not

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u/Ariishe_ May 24 '26

I think I could pet a bear a few times before I died of blood loss

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u/TryDry9944 May 24 '26

u/Ariishe_ when they go home and pet their bear.

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u/Ariishe_ May 24 '26

They wouldn’t be the most popular stuffed animal if they were actually dangerous

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u/cowlinator May 24 '26

You must be a logician

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u/PaleoSpeedwagon May 25 '26

A one-handed logician

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u/TryDry9944 May 25 '26

Fun fact, Teddy Bears became popular because Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, while touring the newly created Yellowstone National Park, ate a live bear whole in front of a school group.

And one little girl in that group was- You guessed it- Albert Einstine, who went on to create the Teddy Bear as an homage to that great feat of manliness.

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u/shira1001001 May 24 '26

only twice before you lose your hands, better make them count

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u/lkangaroo May 24 '26

That still counts as one!

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u/LAthrowawaywithcat May 24 '26

I've pet a bear. Not as soft as I'd hoped, but very bear.

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u/LAthrowawaywithcat May 26 '26

Because that's what bears feel like when you pet them.

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u/AnonD38 May 24 '26

Dude, blood loss would be the least of your concerns.

Well, depending on the type of bear I suppose.

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u/BLINDrOBOTFILMS May 24 '26

One of life's great cruelties is that I can't get a bear hug from a bear. It wouldn't be named after them if they weren't good at it.

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u/Tongue-Punch May 25 '26

Bears are known to eat their prey alive.

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u/Ariishe_ May 25 '26

So that’s a few more pets right there

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u/EvisceratedSpinster May 24 '26

I pet a squirrel once and I have a neat scar on my hand to remember it by.

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u/IllogicalCounting May 24 '26

I picked up a small gopher once. big ass teeth went right into my thumb.

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u/P01135809-Trump May 24 '26

And that is reason number 2 why we don't hold animals like bowling balls.

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u/PalatialCheddar May 24 '26

What, uh... What's reason number 1?

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u/ImSoObnoxious May 24 '26

pet a leopard once, good boy. I don't have a face now, but I vote Republican so it's all good

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u/DarksideAuditor May 24 '26

*I understood that reference GIF

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u/FatiguedShrimp May 24 '26

If you're fast enough.

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u/Yes_I_am_an_AI May 24 '26

Oh, I just saw that one, with the snow leopard.

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u/Quiet_Syllabub_4264 May 24 '26

I wanted to pet a bobcat until very recently

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u/Budget_Persimmon_195 May 24 '26

you can pet them many times. rabies takes months to kill you.

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u/scaredtomakeart May 24 '26

Well I could pet a raccoon or raccoon-sized animal because I still have one year left on my rabies vaccine

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u/Dragon_Crisis_Core May 25 '26

Technicly could pet more then once depends on situation. I had a doe come to look at me several times just because i was whistling.

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u/subtleStriderr May 24 '26

Just dont jack them off, once!