{"id":557535,"date":"2026-07-24T14:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/557535\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:40:07","slug":"why-jimothy-the-raccoon-has-become-a-mega-meme-online-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/557535\/","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\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxPbm94RlBweXBGMW1KS29NeW1JWUZ2Z3pBOVZfUi1WOTJ4ODZ6QXpfZVJwR0dzeXdSTUxxTl9HaVEyR0VEeGVIUm5UczJIRFZ6cDk3Zzg4UzM4LXVKY05GNW1sX1dzaXFLY2h2enVlUmhkWUtJSV9VUmNYaE14VmREa2RFZXptSFR1QnhuMEc1TFpjVVJhcENmMEZ0YU9qc3V4c1VqV1psTENBU3AzemZMNWJuWEJCYTFRZlVyY3g2XzQwZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Cue Debbie Downer horn&#8217;: Public Health urges Jimothy fans of raccoon health risks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;KING5.com<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\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE9PaXpGYnNka0FjNW9lcHZxbkFLRG1CbVRfZkw3dnFkbGpRNkZvb0Y2RnZtQnMzaTBNaHRvU2FIUTJyUHd1QmhUMDN5YjZucmdYczY0ZmxQemFjdlFTX0l6a1EteXJDd1RKT0k2Y0trUjFLaFRBTTRlXzh3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Leave him be&#8217;: Local wildlife director warns Jimothy&#8217;s deformity could prevent him from returning to the wild if captured<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MyNorthwest.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxNR3pzamlYczhUU0JBUmhtZE1kT2NRbnlNVk8zQmluSUlXZU41V3lHNDNCQlNfNldKOTNmVk5TZ2FTUzY3MkRnbkZlRkRxSnFHc1phZzNTYlppX1QzVVdoS3QzeTUxZzF3X1B3ZUhPOC1SU29YMm5wMFdmZnZQN3otbmhIZFl5emZDa2s3RFV1S1NrYnFH0gGaAUFVX3lxTFB2UVVidWM3bHNPWXhaaWk5SXdhMmFUY3lEdFRHcU9EZ3U2VnJJWm8wTEVUUEFqSU5ILXA4SXc1R1o5bG1oUnlOTXh5R2E2U0JmRTZjTHF2RlZUaGxBVm9vWE8zUVdUUG1sVWM4c0xnV25PSEJ6Tm5sNTRkb3JNWVY2S0dPRzBlcjFtNkJ2UWFMTFJ3M191Wk16VVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Jimothy&#8217; the raccoon captures the internet&#8217;s heart: What to know about him<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &#8211; Breaking News, Latest News and Videos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why Jimothy the raccoon has become a mega meme online&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC&#8216;Cue Debbie Downer horn&#8217;: Public Health urges Jimothy fans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[85,46,141,386],"class_list":["post-557535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}