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Tony Arcieri πŸŒΉπŸ¦€

Raccoons are trying to break into Cybertrucks, and there's some speculation that this is happening because the raccoons are literally confusing them with dumpsters

Photos of a Cybertruck's tonneau cover showing raccoon paw prints and damage where the raccoons tried to break into the cover, perhaps mistaking it for a delicious food-filled dumpster
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millennial falcon

@bascule I mean lmao but they do legitmately contain garbage

kaffando

@bascule
Wellllllllllllllllllll...............

Clara Listensprechen
I'll say! and it looks like they were partly successful in chewing their way through, too. Look at those bites they took outta that thing!
Nora. Yep.

@bascule I've seen posts about people mistaking them for dumpsters but this is better

Golden Bunny of Destiny πŸ•―πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

@bascule Raccoons are trying to break into Cybertrucks, and there's some speculation that this is happening because the raccoons are literally IDENTIFYING them AS dumpsters

Fixed it for you πŸ˜‰

Jim Jones

@bascule to be fair, they look like dumpsters to me too.

kurtseifried (he/him)

@bascule Serious question: what did they make this out of? The same plastic as the cheap garage storage bins Home Depot sells that crack below freezing but they still sell them in Canada and I'm not at all annoyed about this.

Ash_Crow

@kurtseifried @bascule apparently the last slat is plastic to avoid crushing fingers if you close it with your hands still in the way.

Casual Observer - VOTED :donor:

@bascule Incel Caminos are dumpsters. The raccoons are not confused.

Frances Larina

@bascule

Trash pandas aren't wrong, they ARE dumpsters.

Xie Lian's Big Naturals

@bascule I mean, they’re not wrong. They’re just less likely to find food in the ones with steering wheels.

Dragoniff

@bascule damn, raccoons really are smart, they can recognize garbage in it's various forms!

PeachMcD

@bascule
πŸ€£πŸ˜‚ Make. My. Day.
🍻 #ChefsKiss

Compassionate Crab

@bascule
We saw our first one in the wild today. Black. Super ugly.
What are people thinking when they spend so much on such an ugly car?

Matilda

@Compassionatecrab @bascule I saw one in a parking lot the other day and two elderly women were puzzling over it completely baffled as to what it could be. They finally decided it must be some sort of police vehicle because β€œit looks bulletproof”

TrackerRoo :verified:

@Compassionatecrab @bascule Just because you have money doesn't mean you have taste

Alan Miller :verified_paw:

@Compassionatecrab @bascule so someone bought one then painted it? Maybe that'll help reduce the rusting?

Robert Lou Dobbs III

@bascule Racoons are pretty smart. Maybe they're onto something.

Oregon Animal Lover

@bascule

That's the funniest post I've seen in a long time. Thanks.πŸ‘πŸ» 😊

Sci-Fi Girl

@bascule

LMAO!! Ok, this is the funniest yet!!! 🀣

Carolyn

@bascule LOL, this is the funniest thing I've seen in a while, thanks. πŸ˜ƒ

null.2600

@bascule First the frunk was a hazard to hands and fingers. Then the sticky β€œgas” pedal recall. And now thisβ€¦πŸ˜‚

Anyone want my Founder’s Edition Cybertruck reservation? πŸ€‘

Samhain Night 4 Harris

@bascule Well, I mean, they’re not wrong…

cultdev

@bascule hold on. let’s hear them out

Shawn Webb

@bascule Anyone remember the Apple Trash Can Pro? ;-P

Extinction Studies

@bascule Which tells me that raccoons can't smell what's in there.

Gemma πŸ‘½

@bascule who can blame them! Some humans are confusing them with vehicles!

Sashin

@bascule Or maybe they are working with the orcas?

Big Head Tales

@bascule
I mean… They’re not wrong.

Easelbitchℒ️ :verified: πŸ•‰οΈ

@bascule

Advice? Drop human urine in or around the vehicle.

Hope Doty

@bascule I do love that even raccoons know a Wank Panzer when they see one.

Warlock Of Wires

@hopedoty @bascule wank panzer 🀣🀣🀣

This made my day...

Doodles

@bascule I've had the same issue with them. Maybe I'm part raccoon?

Big Pawed Bear

@bascule Rocket's trying to steal the truck again,,,,,

Shirley Eugest

@bascule
Hysterical if true.
Hysterical if not.

Thomsotron πŸ’£πŸ’ŠπŸ“‘

@bascule on the other side of the road there's a confused Tesla owner trying to open the dumpster with their car keys.

Preston B. Bear

@bascule

... and they'd be right to think so. 🐻 πŸ˜…

LN

@bascule relatable. We all confuse them for garbage bins.

Jigme Datse

@bascule Hey... I would really consider it "not at all hard to confuse with dumpsters..." I'm pretty sure I've seen dumpsters with almost the exact same profile.

Allen Very Serious Versfeld

@bascule ah yes, the mighty bulletproof cybertruck, now adding raccoons to its list of kryptonites 😁

Alyssa Voronin

@bascule "Confusing them for dumpsters," implies they're not rolling dumpsters to begin with.

Sparky πŸ’‘

@bascule lmao

Imagine paying too much for a PS1-ass-looking car that had more recalls than other whole brands had in their lifetime, can't be taken to the car wash because it will break, was made so shoddily that the accelerator had a chance to jam...

...and then you find out that animals literally think it looks like garbage, too.

11/10 Perfection

Christian Mutig πŸ‘»πŸš«

@bascule Well, they're basically the same thing anyway, right?

Pedro Du Thil

@bascule racoons are more intelligent than the average cybershit buyer

KanaMauna

@bascule

What a piece of crap. The plastic shed that I keep my gardening equipment in is stronger than that.

NoctisEqui πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ή

@bascule

Raccoons are Guardians of the Galaxy; they know Evil when they see it!

Matzesu

@bascule
Well, at least the raccoons have fun whit this thing, so its not completly useless ^^

Antonin Roussel

@bascule its smell can not lie to raccoons, but as humans we can overthink our sight.

Prof_Panthera

@bascule It's a good thing they didn't get in. As romantic as the idea of raccoons simply nibbling away our problems in "The Birds" style is: The garbage that is usually transported in them is highly toxic. Don't want the little furballs to get harmed.

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