{"id":566052,"date":"2026-07-24T14:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/566052\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:15:08","slug":"why-jimothy-the-raccoon-has-become-a-mega-meme-online-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/566052\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Jimothy the raccoon has become a mega meme online &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1BZWJGRnZUZVpTZkFfQXdpQTFHbTVvUVI2VXVuZUszLXUwZ0hOdWpOUHZwTjRyWGx6SmV0ZThtUmVqRHF0a3JLcjIzcGl6TG1wblpLNGNXZEx0QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why Jimothy the raccoon has become a mega meme online<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxPd09EcnB1Z2NtUklTajktaU12dU9KVlBubURwTGNzT0pUSXphRXVhRm9Hc2ZDS1JEMU5VV2MyU18zQmM5S3ZxUmV0OU0zc2stSVd6cVJLcFNfMG4td1JCLU1ZOGhNY1FvcVJENE9CUUE4bEEtRDVleEE3NG5NNmwyQ2s5ME9mT2tKSWpDeGFDaW9zUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meet the raccoon who became an overnight sensation in Seattle<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Seattle Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxNOHcxZDh3cVp0aVh6ZmRkQjlmOE0tNl8ydlVvVURYMzlsMldoQzdmZnlaRmcwZm8ydmNuSjhNQU9vT0VxYkVTbDg2VUJLdHNTMzE1U0hxZVpYdjF5WExUdVRVSERTZVBIV2t2X0J6WWVZdkx2YmJkRG1VbHUwU3BUUmJR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meet Jimothy, the \u2018Silly and Round\u2019 Creature Taking Over Instagram Feeds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNbGNISUNZQVlNVVBLdEcyZHMyOS10U2RsUk1oZnlPRFR5Vjc1TW1YU0xvbE1SY1BzQzA4U25GRm5uVUc5TFdpVFk4c0JlZlhBVG1BOFFGODh0anJsOGR4bTNxbHkxT241bzczd0VvanJGMjJEbVU5OFhzMDdQQUdDaFhZQ1Q3R1I0Z3M4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Seattle Darling Jimothy The Raccoon Has Scampered Into Hearts Across The Globe<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;TODAY.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8gFBVV95cUxQbENsVkY5UC1nbjZ4NmlmZlFLNVRFOGxfUWhKOWMxblJhMXJXZ3dnYnNQRFlfS0xwRlU2U21DUVBlSEZsR0FSQmV5LXUzSjcybXpZSHphWnFUNVp3R0lueHY1OTF1S0Fmc2g1WENqamtqQ0xfeFFIWUY3Rk9QeFNadGhlOGI1elAtM3RXSy15c1I3dUlValFQeXA0RnFsMUplMWRBRFZqQTRhRVRnWjdzbExsYXZsMVlOTk9TZjJBcm9zSFAtNHJNTlRyWUFkS3ZXUGhhX2FqVGNkdGZZaTY0QTc4LVJQQm9Sc3M3emxTcC02UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">An Unusual-Looking Raccoon Nicknamed Jimothy Is Winning Hearts Across the Internet for His Short, Round Body<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Smithsonian Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why Jimothy the raccoon has become a mega meme online&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCMeet the raccoon who became an overnight sensation in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,60,82,263],"class_list":["post-566052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}