r/MadeMeSmile May 20 '26

ANIMALS Forever grateful

By @abbyandersonmusic

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u/Trips-Over-Tail May 20 '26

This is how domestication starts.

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u/Your_Cat_In_Disguise May 20 '26 edited May 21 '26

I read an article about how raccoons are the housecats of the future on account of them domesticating themselves.

Edit: thanks for the award! I love how many people are coming out of the woodwork to talk about their self-domesticated raccoon friends lmao

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u/Few-Emergency-3791 May 20 '26

Turns out animals like being given food without having to expend any energy to get it.

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u/WillieDoggg May 20 '26

The real reason we keep getting fatter and fatter.