Raccoon Is Completely Obsessed With Fawn Who Lost Mom
Unlikely friendships are the best kinds of friendships. A sailor and a shark. A cat and a bunch of tiny goats. A mouse and a mini Babybel. An apple and a worm. But today we’re looking at a friendship that has blossomed between a racoon and a fawn, writes www.boredpanda.com
Ah, racoons – the wonderfully chaotic trash pandas that steal not only your garbage, but also your heart. Their tiny faces, fluffy bodies, and eyes as dark as the abyss we all float within may hypnotize you into coming closer or inviting them in, but be wary – it’s a trap.
On the complete opposite side of the spectrum, we have fawns, the delicate, graceful creatures that deserve to be grazing the gardens of Eden. So how did the two come together to form such a close bond? Well, it was all thanks to Texas Fawn and Friends! Let’s get into the story.
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A video of a fawn named Hope and a raccoon named Jasper has quickly gone viral due to their unlikely yet adorable friendship and shared hugs
Nature is truly fascinating! We’re so used to seeing certain interactions, yet others take the cake for the most wholesome but unexpected.
A video of a raccoon and a fawn has gone viral on Instagram, with 432K views. The raccoon named Jasper can be seen sneaking up on Hope, the fawn, and then pouncing on her, giving her hugs and play biting at her. He then decides that she looks like a comfortable pillow, climbing all around her to continue his hug attack from another angle. It’s absolutely hilarious.
So how did it come to this?
Carrie Long of Texas Fawn and Friends, a non-profit organization for orphaned and injured fawns, received a call last year regarding an injured raccoon
Carrie Long had been used to caring for injured and abandoned fawns, but the call she received last year was a little different. The licensed wildlife rehabilitator listened to the speaker on the other end of the line who’d found a 2-3 week old raccoon clinging to life. Abandoned by its mom and caught in a rainstorm, it didn’t have many lifelines. So Carrie decided to take it in.
Texas Fawn and Friends soon became the baby racoon’s new home. The non-profit organization aims to rehabilitate and release orphaned and injured fawns, but Carrie, who runs the non-profit, couldn’t leave a creature in need behind. She named the raccoon Jasper. “He had just had his eyes opened and he was just the cutest little thing ever,” she told NBC 5.
