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Why We Can and Should Domesticate Raccoons

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Historically, we've trained various animals for specialized tasks: ferrets for cleaning particle accelerators (Fermilab, 2016), and dolphins for detecting underwater mines (Cancian, 2022). While dogs have long been celebrated as ideal pets and service animals, I argue that domesticated raccoons could surpass them in utility and companionship. This analysis explores how we can and why we should domesticate raccoons for the advancement of human civilization. Raccoons are the ideal domestication candidate Raccoons possess a unique combination of traits that make them exceptionally well-suited for

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