RACCOONS ARE BASICALLY FAT SQUIRRELS WEARING MASKS

Having won the battle to tackle Tokyo’s population of giant, ravenous crows, the city’s authorities are now embroiled in an even tougher campaign: to rein in another animal menace, the North American raccoon.

(Thanks to Joe in Japan)

Comments

[Fearful Tokyo resident]

Coming soon: a Godzilla against giant raccoon movie.

[man tom]

There is nothing worse than a rabid Tanuki catching scent of raw fish.

[Florida Man]

Can't they just ship one with every Toyota?

[Steve]

It took years to figure out how to keep the racoons from shitting in our swimming pool. Turns out, it was simple. We just added an alligator. A floating imitation foam alligator keeps the coons away.

Do they have alligators in Japan?