Three (or four?) pups and their parents of the Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus, family Canidae) repeatedly frolicking around the deserted sett of Japanese badger (Meles anakuma, family Mustelidae). The young siblings tirelessly played wrestling and chased each other in the secondary forest. Unlike mum of the Japanese badger, the devoted parents of the Japanese raccoon dog sometimes joined in the playing with pups. Captured from two angles with my old and new trailcams day and night of mid and lateAugust 2023 in Japan.

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