A raccoon dabbling for underwater food near the shoreline at Bern Zoo

Against all odds this raccoon is exploring the riverbed dabbling for underwater food. He must have done this already many times and should know all edible stuff has gone already. But it is the behaviour raccoon is so well known for. In fact part of the species’ scientific name is derived from this behaviour; Procyon lotor; ‘lotor’ is neo-Latin for ‘washer’.