A reader tipped me off to this. Search for raccoon, and Google Universal Search puts some pictures up at the top of the page:

See it? Third one over? I didn’t know a dog and a raccoon could, well…

To be fair, Microsoft Live does the same thing:

Yahoo also shows the happy couple, but only if you specifically do an image search. Ask doesn’t, clearly exhibiting a bias against raccoon-dog love.

Have a good weekend, everyone :)

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