{"id":197,"date":"2009-12-08T09:46:22","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T09:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/?p=197"},"modified":"2017-06-08T09:46:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T09:46:56","slug":"did-you-know-which-animals-love-watermelon-the-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/did-you-know-which-animals-love-watermelon-the-most\/","title":{"rendered":"DID YOU KNOW: WHICH ANIMALS LOVE WATERMELON THE MOST?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019d be hard pressed to find an animal that didn\u2019t like watermelon. Its combination of sweetness and juiciness make it an ideal snack for just about any living creature (except goldfish\u2026 mine don\u2019t seem to care for it). But there\u2019s one animal that will go to great lengths to get its hands on some watermelon, and that\u2019s the raccoon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-452\" title=\"racoon-\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/racoon-.jpg\" alt=\"racoon-\" width=\"374\" height=\"249\" \/>Turns out, raccoons are capable of carving a hole in the side of a watermelon and then scooping out the entire contents with their paws, leaving only a hollow rind. At right is the handiwork of one hungry bandit. Of course, this tactic makes the raccoon a nuisance to some, but for those of us reading about it here, it sounds pretty darn clever! (I\u2019m sure our resident farming expert, Josh, would disagree.)<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of animals loving watermelons, below is video of elephants being fed whole watermelons at a zoo. 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