NAZI RACOONS and GIANT TESTICLES

from The Register (ever eager for the main headline chance)

Amphibious Nazi raccoons menace Sweden

Hermann Göring's furry stormtroopers poised to strike

Sweden is bracing for an amphibious assault by a considerable force of raccoon dogs and raccoons, poised to cross the Öresund strait which separates the country from neighbouring Denmark.

Raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) are native to east Asia, where their populations are actually declining, but they have made themselves right at home across Scandinavia and continental Europe. Raccoons (Procyon lotor) are native to North America.

The raccoon dog was introduced into Latvia in the 1940s, and rapidly invaded neighbouring countries, penetrating as far south as Italy.

Two breeding pairs of raccoons were released outside Kassel, Germany, in 1934, with the authorisation of Hermann Göring's Reich Forestry Office, with spectacular results.

Hmm ‘Racoon Dog ‘  That would be the Tanuki  as he is known in Japan, well known for his unfeasibly large testicles.

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I wonder how

"Tan-tan-tanuki's testicles,
there isn't even any wind
but still go swing-swing-swing."

Translates into Swedish.

I didn’t mention in my original piece , But the Tanuki has its own onomatopoeia ‘Ponpoko’

This is the sound supposedly made by the Tanuki using its testicles as a drum. I was told but never had occasion to use it, that you can use it in conversation if you believe the person is talking bollocks.

Man 1: I believe David Cameron and the government have things under control now and I expect things to get better very soon.

Man 2: Oh ponpoko