#raccoondogs — Public Fediverse posts
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What sparked the #COVID #Pandenic? Mounting evidence points to #raccoondogs https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00426-3
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A few more tanuki putting their scrotums to good use.
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But why the large scrotum?
Well, it's thought that the idea emerged in Kamakura times. Goldsmiths would use the stretchy skin of Tanuki testicles when hammering gold nuggets into gold leaf.
'Kintama' (金玉 'golden balls') is used as slang for testicles even today.
#folklore #tanuki #ukiyoe #狸 #浮世絵 #Japan #raccoondogs
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New data links COVID’s origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market
#COVID19 #raccoondogs #Wuhanmarket
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/17/covid-19-origins-raccoon-dogs-wuhan-market-data -
The Strongest Evidence Yet That an Animal Started the #Pandemic
A new analysis of #genetic samples from #China appears to link the #pandemic’s origin to #raccoondogs, genetic evidence from #Wuhan, showing that #COVID had infected creatures for sale there. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/03/covid-origins-research-raccoon-dogs-wuhan-market-lab-leak/673390/