{"id":708939,"date":"2026-07-24T14:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/708939\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:22:08","slug":"why-jimothy-the-raccoon-has-become-a-mega-meme-online-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/708939\/","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\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBabFR6b3dyLWVhTWNpbkNwSWsycm4wd3BxaTZfc3A1T2RGX1lkdlNacHJ1RmdKaGdyS0l3UC02WTF3d2JKc0pPaFJJdnZaWHZmOGVuSkg5LXNxYnhS?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why &#8216;Jimothy&#8217; 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\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxQUUZiN2o3aUlYeWtxMk9pc1RZS0I0TWRRaG1ycTJ4VnNJRVdSZExpV01KOXJaT3ZNb1Z6VmxIdDR6bzdNY0NGZHczQmtWNUtXYnFPYXVnaDVpQ1YwbGdad0NEbGxmVEZNaEpLMHVmVFlBS3dFWjJYR1RuQkdqSjBWdkRZdkhJOFZUU1pNMnRDRDNTRWktUFp0bnp5WDIwZTJiSVR1ZC0zU1FoRzF5NE94Vk5zV1FWdjA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">What is short spine syndrome? Jimothy the raccoon may have this rare condition.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<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;BBCWhy &#8216;Jimothy&#8217; the raccoon has become a mega meme&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-708939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}