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Artist Notes:
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Wish anyone, in general, a Happy 100th Birthday with a card featuring an adorable raccoon, Sugar Bear wearing a party hat sitting on a polka dotted decorative border with balloons, a book, butterfly, pencil, and presents. The balloons and presents have a cute bow on a light gray background. One aspect of raccoon behavior is so well known that it gives the animal part of its scientific name, Procyon lotor; "lotor" is neo-Latin for "washer". In the wild, raccoons often dabble for underwater food near the shore-line. They then often pick up the food item with their front paws to examine it and rub the item, sometimes to remove unwanted parts. This gives the appearance of the raccoon "washing" the food. The tactile sensitivity of raccoons' paws is increased if this rubbing action is performed underwater, since the water softens the hard layer covering the paws.
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