Raccoons dip their paws and food in water before they eat it. Many people mistake this as washing their food before consumption.
Actually, they do it because water enhances the sense of touch in their paws. This allows them more tactile feedback for sensory information about the thing that they are going to eat — sight is not their keenest sense. The food is then "washed" as a by-product of this process.
So this particular raccoon got its cute little paws on some cotton candy...
Posted by Digital Spy on Monday, 4 January 2016
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