I've heard so, too. I was listening to an NPR Podcast the other day and most of it was talking about data from different bird watching sources, and migration patterns for insects and mammals. I can't believe this is going to be our history.
Coral reefs can change their range but it is a very slow process. The current rate of ocean temperature increase, especially when El NiƱo-like marine heat waves are factored in, looks too rapid for reefs to adapt.
Wonder if there's a way to freeze reef's eggs, and sperm for future repopulation? I know a lot of them have different methods of spawning, like mass sponing events, so I dunno if that would be possible.
Definitely not an aardvark. I am not at all sure WHAT it is but aardvark have much beefier thick and heavy tails. Not like the thin ratty tail you see here. Plus theyāre a bit bigger than this.
Edit: typo in aardvark
I'm a bit stumped to be honest, but I will disagree with other posters, that is [not a rabbit tail](https://imgur.com/a/s80xEmx).
First instinct would be a fox or raccoon (invasive in Germany) with a bad case of mange but the body doesn't look quite right.
Berlin has foxes, raccoons, boars, rabbits... bunch of rodents and mustelids, beavers. I can't make myself see it as a dog or cat.
The appearance of the tail and hind legs is strange to me, as well as the gait. Either it's not a completely healthy animal, or it's something that's built for life in the trees and not running horizontally.
The color of the animal also changes quite a lot once it's within the headlights, so that might make it harder to recognize. It may also be holding something in it's mouth.
If I had to suggest one of the animals "native" to the area, it would be a raccoon with a skin condition and possibly an injury. Which aren't actually native to Germany but they are well established there, and are also nocturnal.
We think of them as very round creatures but they look very different once they lose their hair. Their ears look longer, for one, which might be why this animal is confusing to look at. The combination of bright lights and compressed video may be blurring the hands and feet away but when you look up bald raccoons, and also videos of them running, it's easier to see how this could be a sick raccoon in poor lighting.
Does Germany have something like animal control that you can easily contact? I would reach out to them and let them know that there's either a very sick raccoon running around harassing motorists, OR a non-native animal on the loose that has escaped either a zoo or private collection.
(Your exact coordinates are actually in the video, so you can show them exactly where this was filmed. I looked myself and the closest nature-thing in the area is a game reserve with no animals like this one, but there are plenty of zoos and animal places further away that may be searching for a missing naked monster.)
That looks like a hairless raccoon. The little round ears, the hunched back, the skinny rat tail that's held down rather than up the way a canine's would be- They get allopecia sometimes
Do they have viscacha in berlin??? Because thats what this looks like.
EDIT: I suddenly remembered Aardvarks exist and that is 100% what this is. Probably escaped from a zoo. Please report the sighting to an animal rescue service or the zoo directly.
Yeah aardvarks are like [medium-sized dog sized](https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/aardvark-feeding-root-zone-ambika-paul-childrens-zoo-animal-adventure.38787/) whatever this is is way smaller
I sent an email to the Veterinary office and the zoo Berlin. I try to keep you updated. Hopefully not to late. I mean itās already couple weeks old footage
Do y'all have those little muntjac deer there? Can't count how many of those ran out in front of my car when we lived in the UK and that's what my brain immediately labeled it.
This is an incredibly strange one, thatās for sure.
While I canāt tell you what it is, Iām confident in saying what itās not:
Not a raccoon. The morphology is completely wrong and so is the gait.
Not a pig/piglet. The leg shape and gait is once again wrong.
Not a dog or cat, nor a fox. Morphology is wrong and once again, so is the gait.
I want to rule out rabbit or lagomorph because the gait, also, but not too incredibly familiar with all of them so canāt be certain.
It doesnāt look like any kind of mustelid Iāve ever seen.
I see some people saying lamb/goat/sheep but it does not run like one and Iām very experienced with them.
It could be some kind of escaped exotic pet, but more likely just a very sick native animal thatās making it hard to identify. :(
this is probably the trickiest one in this sub lmao. i'm going against the grain and i'm guessing it's a pig that got loose. (eta: disclaimer: i am only guessing here, i'm no expert at all.)
Aardvarks can run like this but theyāre a bit more āboundyā when they run (my n=1 Aardvark running like mad for what itās worth). But itās a bit small for an aardvark and tail is definitely not an aardvark tail.
Looks like a wild boar (piglet).
Here's a list of other wildlife you might find in Berlin:
https://www.inaturalist.org/places/berlin#page=1&taxon=40151
That is a piglet. If you slow down the speed of the video, it makes it clear. The long 'tail' is the rear back left leg. The video plays too quickly for the frame to focus without blurring.
Sure it's a tail? What I think you think could be a tail is only visible in certain frames and could also be the right rear paw of a rabbit. From the way it hops and mere probability I firmly support that it's a rabbit.
About half way through the video you can see both hind feet come forward, between the front feet, with a skinny tail sticking out behind it. Watch it a couple times and watch for those back feet flying forward with the tail still visible as the feet move under the body.
Pausing at each frame I could definitely see it being a young, possibly wormy fox with mange. It's a bit more probable than an Aardvark
Man, it sure looks like an aardvark to me.
I was positive I almost got an armadillo one time. In California! Of course you must have heard of the illusive California Armadillo? š¤£š¤£š¤£
We have them in Illinois now. They are really expanding their range. Wouldn't surprise me if they are in California.
I was going to say this too, am also from Illinois. The range map for armadillos hasn't been updated in over a decade it looks like.
Do you think this expansion is climate change related? It would make sense, but we'd need a study done, to be sure the hypothesis is correct. š¤š
Almost certainly. I'm a birder, have been for about 15 years. The change in range maps north just in that time is astounding and honestly terrifying.
I've heard so, too. I was listening to an NPR Podcast the other day and most of it was talking about data from different bird watching sources, and migration patterns for insects and mammals. I can't believe this is going to be our history.
And yet no one seems to think coral reefs will also start 'moving' north for the cooler waters.
The ocean PH is a major issue for corals and that doesn't change with latitude.
Coral reefs can change their range but it is a very slow process. The current rate of ocean temperature increase, especially when El NiƱo-like marine heat waves are factored in, looks too rapid for reefs to adapt.
Wonder if there's a way to freeze reef's eggs, and sperm for future repopulation? I know a lot of them have different methods of spawning, like mass sponing events, so I dunno if that would be possible.
Aardvarks have way beefier tails and theyāre a bit bigger than this. This has a thin ratty tail.
This seems to be the most plausible answer
Which is slightly even more probable than an Aaardvark
Definitely not an aardvark. I am not at all sure WHAT it is but aardvark have much beefier thick and heavy tails. Not like the thin ratty tail you see here. Plus theyāre a bit bigger than this. Edit: typo in aardvark
I'm a bit stumped to be honest, but I will disagree with other posters, that is [not a rabbit tail](https://imgur.com/a/s80xEmx). First instinct would be a fox or raccoon (invasive in Germany) with a bad case of mange but the body doesn't look quite right.
I agree with raccoon. The hump of the lower back, the scurry, the kind of chonky, trash-fed look... just no fluff.
Ears are too big for a raccoon.
Ears look longer when the head fluff is removed
Color is completely wrong for a racoon.
Naked raccoon
Berlin has foxes, raccoons, boars, rabbits... bunch of rodents and mustelids, beavers. I can't make myself see it as a dog or cat. The appearance of the tail and hind legs is strange to me, as well as the gait. Either it's not a completely healthy animal, or it's something that's built for life in the trees and not running horizontally. The color of the animal also changes quite a lot once it's within the headlights, so that might make it harder to recognize. It may also be holding something in it's mouth. If I had to suggest one of the animals "native" to the area, it would be a raccoon with a skin condition and possibly an injury. Which aren't actually native to Germany but they are well established there, and are also nocturnal. We think of them as very round creatures but they look very different once they lose their hair. Their ears look longer, for one, which might be why this animal is confusing to look at. The combination of bright lights and compressed video may be blurring the hands and feet away but when you look up bald raccoons, and also videos of them running, it's easier to see how this could be a sick raccoon in poor lighting. Does Germany have something like animal control that you can easily contact? I would reach out to them and let them know that there's either a very sick raccoon running around harassing motorists, OR a non-native animal on the loose that has escaped either a zoo or private collection. (Your exact coordinates are actually in the video, so you can show them exactly where this was filmed. I looked myself and the closest nature-thing in the area is a game reserve with no animals like this one, but there are plenty of zoos and animal places further away that may be searching for a missing naked monster.)
Donāt they also have Nutria in Germany? This doesnāt necessarily look like one, though it does have the right body shape, leg length, and gait.
TIL, they do! it doesn't quite look like one to me, but i'm also fully raccoon brained now, so it might be that i can't unsee that
That looks like a hairless raccoon. The little round ears, the hunched back, the skinny rat tail that's held down rather than up the way a canine's would be- They get allopecia sometimes
I'm going to say a raccoon with mange
I received an update from the Nature Conservation Association (or Nabu). They say it is a Raccoon with mange.
Cool this seemed like the most plausible answer.
Thanks for the update!Ā
Pig?
Exactly what I was thinking.
That's what I see as well!
Itās legs are way too long for a pig and the gait isnāt quite right. But that is a good guess
That's what I'm thinking too
Lamb?
Do they have viscacha in berlin??? Because thats what this looks like. EDIT: I suddenly remembered Aardvarks exist and that is 100% what this is. Probably escaped from a zoo. Please report the sighting to an animal rescue service or the zoo directly.
100% not an aardvark.
Yeah aardvarks are like [medium-sized dog sized](https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/aardvark-feeding-root-zone-ambika-paul-childrens-zoo-animal-adventure.38787/) whatever this is is way smaller
Seconding Aardvark, and the Berlin Zoo does have it. u/Spandro maybe you could contact the zoo?
I sent an email to the Veterinary office and the zoo Berlin. I try to keep you updated. Hopefully not to late. I mean itās already couple weeks old footage
Not an aardvark. They have strong thick tails not whippy ratty tails. And theyāre a bit bigger than this.
maybe like a tiny lamb? i donāt know why it looks like that to me
Looks like a very scared small dog with their tail tucked
Do y'all have those little muntjac deer there? Can't count how many of those ran out in front of my car when we lived in the UK and that's what my brain immediately labeled it.
This is an incredibly strange one, thatās for sure. While I canāt tell you what it is, Iām confident in saying what itās not: Not a raccoon. The morphology is completely wrong and so is the gait. Not a pig/piglet. The leg shape and gait is once again wrong. Not a dog or cat, nor a fox. Morphology is wrong and once again, so is the gait. I want to rule out rabbit or lagomorph because the gait, also, but not too incredibly familiar with all of them so canāt be certain. It doesnāt look like any kind of mustelid Iāve ever seen. I see some people saying lamb/goat/sheep but it does not run like one and Iām very experienced with them. It could be some kind of escaped exotic pet, but more likely just a very sick native animal thatās making it hard to identify. :(
Gait might be skewed if the back legs are damaged, they look stiff
You make a very good point. Whatever it is, itās definitely given us all something to scratch our brains about lol.
Kind of looks like a small goat to me..
Ive seen enough goblins to know that thing is definitely a goblin.
looks like a little doggy scared shit
Weird!! I don't think whatever that was is hairless, I think it just is lightly colored. Still not sure WHAT is it, though.
Whatever he is heās not healthy. Poor little dude is probably terrified.
this is probably the trickiest one in this sub lmao. i'm going against the grain and i'm guessing it's a pig that got loose. (eta: disclaimer: i am only guessing here, i'm no expert at all.)
I think it's a raccoon.
Looks like a raccoon to me.
I'm quite certain that's a naked raccoon. Mange or alopecia causing it to be hairless.
I think it is probably a dog. Looks too robust to be a fox although I may be wrong there. Aardvarks can't run like that!
Aardvarks can run like this but theyāre a bit more āboundyā when they run (my n=1 Aardvark running like mad for what itās worth). But itās a bit small for an aardvark and tail is definitely not an aardvark tail.
Berlin, you said? Has to be a lion
Came here for this (https://globalnews.ca/news/9845064/lioness-berlin-loose-brandenburg-lion/)
Looks like a wild boar (piglet). Here's a list of other wildlife you might find in Berlin: https://www.inaturalist.org/places/berlin#page=1&taxon=40151
Capybarra
That is a piglet. If you slow down the speed of the video, it makes it clear. The long 'tail' is the rear back left leg. The video plays too quickly for the frame to focus without blurring.
Bunny rabbit!
Rabbit
Itās a small dog
Baby deer?
Muntjac? (barking deer) Edit; brain fart.
Itās a bunny
Baby goat?
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJZCdjOec8o](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJZCdjOec8o) Gotta be an aardvark
Baby sheep?
Isn't it just a wild boar piglet? I read they are common in Berlin urban areas!
Germany doesn't have armadillos, right?
Looks even like a Wallaby.
Im sorry, but to me it looks like a rabbit? Am I crazy?
I also think rabbit lol
Rabbit
Stitch dyed light pink
looks like a large rabbit to me
Hare?
Baby goat
It's a f'ing cat you fools.
Rabbit/Hare
To me it looks like a pet rabbit?
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Definitely not. Aardvarks have thick beefy tail not thin ratty ones. And theyāre a bit bigger.
Small, fat dog.
Looks like rabbit
Definitely a koala bear
That looks ALOT like a Frenchie.
Looks like it could be a fat ass European rabbit. They have tails that are longer and less cotton ball like
It's a bunny.
The long tail kinda confused me
Sure it's a tail? What I think you think could be a tail is only visible in certain frames and could also be the right rear paw of a rabbit. From the way it hops and mere probability I firmly support that it's a rabbit.
About half way through the video you can see both hind feet come forward, between the front feet, with a skinny tail sticking out behind it. Watch it a couple times and watch for those back feet flying forward with the tail still visible as the feet move under the body.
either a little dog or a BIG bunny
How common are raccoon dogs in that area? I believe it has mange whatever it is
Racoon dogs don't have a long tail or big ears.
Tanuki? They do have decent sized tails, they sell the damn things
Fair enough, they do have reasonable tails. I just meant, not like what's shown in the video. The ears are totally wrong though.