WTAF is a Raccoon Dog? #GoVegan https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/science/covid-wuhan-market-raccoon-dogs-lab-leak.html?unlocked_article_code=_YWuxfluLtkH5yk9pfGI7wddUIuE0ZJ0oyi-M_pNLZdjeXQi7lUzA7vkOMWdsrrPB2an39vK8yF3hVtvUkTYZ4SrU4Ngz8pyJELOnoPBTc7AGtyeRrWb2O4u3XiRvu03BsJeVjP80e_L7p7zys0QZB8oD1IOQvKBZEk35APflgDOr0moN9yS43uq92oUysQbnogMHQxOxOUC7S7FJn1xTpR5YLrlniIWA9vZL7mn6TMiwQMkvwgE-Tu7_pP29l6JOlqiGdMrreRRyHqgI5Z3U4NQqsd--WV0FddZp3lsLnx63HhjwX5itBmBczLKDDoc4fyJtuPMYUhydosfJMHUYmTGRVkNowzQ2o5Kc4UE8yZN6Q&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
@LindaVT a really pretty creature that looks like a dog and a raccoon had pups. I don't think it's related to either, and is apparently an invasive species in some parts of the world. Really neat animals, amazingly adaptable.
@LindaVT, ya, I just learned that today. I'm not impressed with bush meat trade, anywhere in the world. I'm not overly impressed with farmed animal trade either... but at least that doesn't spread disease.
@JonKramer people suck.
@LindaVT just sat down at a computer, and the wiki on the Raccoon Dog is pretty good. They are very distantly related to foxs. They are canids, but a species all its own. There is a map of where they originate, and where they were introduced and are invasive.
Just a side note...
@JonKramer Apparently they are sold at Chinese wet markets to be slaughtered for meat.