38Raccoon Dog vs Bush Dog [Part 1] ANIMAL BATTLE

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00:00 Welcome to the 38th episode of Animal Battle between the magical Raccoon Dog and the elusive

00:05 Bush Dog.

00:06 In the first part we will focus on the Raccoon Dog, but you will want to watch the second

00:10 part about the Bush Dog to decide which of these two amazing canids deserves your vote.

00:16 After you vote in the comments by writing #Raccoon or #Bush, I'll announce the winner

00:19 of this Animal Battle in part 3.

00:22 But let's go directly to the star of this episode, the Raccoon Dog.

00:25 I know what you might be thinking.

00:27 What in the world is a Raccoon Dog?

00:29 Glad you asked.

00:30 A Raccoon Dog is actually not a raccoon, but it's a canid, just like wolves and dogs, although

00:36 it is closer to foxes of them all.

00:38 To make matters more complicated, there are actually two different species of Raccoon

00:42 Dogs, the Common Raccoon Dog, native to Eastern Asia and now it seems that to Europe, and

00:48 the Japanese Raccoon Dog, also known as Tanuki by the locals.

00:51 But aside from small differences, these two species are very similar, so I can talk about

00:56 Raccoon Dogs in general in this video.

00:58 An interesting feature of Raccoon Dogs is those short legs, meant to bring them closer

01:02 to the ground, where they can track food with their incredible sense of smell.

01:06 But don't let those short legs fool you, because apparently they are incredibly agile,

01:11 reaching top speeds of up to 40 km/h, which is much faster than the top speed of Wurttogs.

01:17 They are also good swimmers and even great tree climbers, bringing their agility stats

01:22 pretty high.

01:23 Raccoon Dogs can travel long distances on the ground in search of their favorite food.

01:27 What is their favorite food exactly?

01:29 Well, everything.

01:31 And I really mean everything, because Raccoon Dogs are omnivorous, and they have the most

01:35 varied diet of all canids.

01:38 From birds or their eggs, insects, fish, turtles, roots, fruits, carrion, nuts and berries,

01:46 to feces, poisonous frogs and your soul.

01:49 Ok, maybe they won't devour your soul, but they do indeed eat poisonous frogs.

01:54 So they are born immune to poison?

01:56 Not really.

01:57 They produce a lot of saliva to dilute the poison, and they just build immunity to poison

02:02 over time.

02:03 That is badass.

02:05 But why do they need to eat so much?

02:07 Raccoon Dogs eat as much as they can to get ready to hibernate during winter, being the

02:11 only canid species to do so.

02:13 While the 71 cm long Doggo will only weigh about 3 kg in March, which is twice smaller

02:19 than the Bushdog, it will actually more than double its weight by September, reaching 7

02:24 kg.

02:25 The chunkiest individuals can weigh up to 10 kg.

02:29 Not only do they get chunky in the winter, but they also get fluffy, their thick and

02:33 dense fur keeping them warm even in temperatures of -25°C, otherwise known as very cold for

02:39 Americans.

02:40 I'm very interested, what are they hiding under their feet like masks?

02:44 Apparently, nothing, since their mask is not there to conceal their identity when browsing

02:49 indecent material on the web, but the black markings are great at reducing glare so that

02:53 you wouldn't be blinded by a bright light.

02:56 It does have a side effect of making them look very much like a raccoon, but that is

03:00 just an example of convergent evolution, which is when two completely unrelated animal species

03:05 evolve the same useful traits.

03:07 So just like the raccoon, the raccoon dog is nocturnal to avoid predators.

03:10 There are many carnivores around waiting to hunt for these small Doggos that have relatively

03:15 weak canines, so wouldn't be able to protect themselves too well.

03:19 Their biggest predators by far are wolves, but can also be killed by foxes, lynxes and

03:24 birds of prey like golden eagles, goshawks and eagle owls.

03:28 But perhaps an unexpected serial killer of raccoon dogs are cars.

03:32 In Japan, about 370,000 Tanukis are run over by cars each year, which is kinda sad because

03:39 they are actually venerated by the locals.

03:42 Raccoon dogs are the subject of many Japanese folktales, said to have magical abilities

03:46 like shapeshifting, flying, possessing people and making your crush love you.

03:51 Ok, maybe not that last part, no magical creature is capable of such miracles, but Tanukis are

03:56 believed to bring good luck and are now very prevalent even in modern media.

04:00 Now let's look at how the common raccoon dog is treated in the rest of Asia and Europe.

04:04 Oh, it seems like they are hunted for their fur, and the Soviets brought some raccoon

04:09 dogs to Europe to breed them for more coats.

04:12 Many raccoon dogs escaped into the wild though and started breeding like crazy, invading

04:16 almost the entire Europe and purging many native species to extinction.

04:21 Now they are a highly successful species despite people hunting them, being listed as a least

04:26 concern species by the IUCN Red List.

04:29 While at a glance the raccoon dogs seem to be quite unremarkable with average stats across

04:33 the board, it seems like the small but opportunistic omnivores are thriving as a species, ready

04:39 to adapt to any new environment they are thrown into.

04:42 But how well do they fare against the elusive bush dogs of South America?

04:46 You'll have to watch part 2 once it's available and can then vote for a winner of this battle

04:50 writing #bush or #raccoon in the comments.

04:53 Until next time, don't forget to respect animals!

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