{"id":782236,"date":"2026-07-24T17:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/782236\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T17:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T17:33:08","slug":"why-jimothy-the-raccoon-has-become-a-mega-meme-online-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/782236\/","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\/CBMid0FVX3lxTFBTTmR5cGVBUUEwOE5LUVNkek1DUnlBQ0Vnd3pqUkI0Y3NyRlE4MnZLTWNVbThiM1ZZUHR1WUYxZ0ZzaTJlMFFDMjhQNFVlZllGU2pCb0h4N0RUNDR2VTlwQmxGTnp3ano5REpERy1fYnZqUzRGMDFF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harger: We find something pure and we love it so hard we ruin it. Jimothy needs an exit strategy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MyNorthwest.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\/CBMi0gFBVV95cUxPa2NFdkw1aVI0am1yUkpVTWpMY1hqQng5MnZUNVNOcEsxSkk4eC1vTFZrdkdOV05iMXZLTEVzSTNxYXVOaVNzdGlON3Fucm0xT293Q0cwQjFvZWgwX2g4cFoyZGpJTXFSdkoxUDA4NVA5aVlXMWNWR2JlNlNUZDdKZGZPY1N6NzJxcnJBQ0J2di1fTDZsNUhTVmx3OW9nREU4RjN4ams3WTdlTVVfNE9SRzRKZ0ZHR0tzTFVEbXlmdEYtNXBSSURpNjB0TFFNeWtGTHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jimothy the raccoon survived against the odds, a testament to sophisticated brains and devoted mothers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<\/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":782237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-782236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}