ickplant@lemmy.worldM to Raccoons@lemmy.world · 27 days agoWhy do raccoons "wash" their food? Find out in the comments!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down11
arrow-up18arrow-down1imageWhy do raccoons "wash" their food? Find out in the comments!lemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.worldM to Raccoons@lemmy.world · 27 days agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareanon6789@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoI was going to say we humans seem to be the only animals that don’t poop in our water, and then I remembered all those history videos about people dumping chamber pots and the like upstream… I guess we’re all guilty!
minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoI suspect that lots of animals are more sensible than that! e.g. cats instinctually bury their feces. Birds just poop wherever.
minus-squarejmill@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·27 days agoCats don’t bury their feces for hygienic reasons though, they bury it to hide signs of their presence from larger predators.
I was going to say we humans seem to be the only animals that don’t poop in our water, and then I remembered all those history videos about people dumping chamber pots and the like upstream… I guess we’re all guilty!
I suspect that lots of animals are more sensible than that! e.g. cats instinctually bury their feces. Birds just poop wherever.
Cats don’t bury their feces for hygienic reasons though, they bury it to hide signs of their presence from larger predators.