--- title: Pet Videos: Raccoons Go Swimming description: See what happens when two raccoon brothers get near the pool canonical: https://time.com/4015426/raccoons-go-swimming/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-28T20:42:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:12.136Z og:title: Here's a Raccoon Swimming in a Pool Because You Deserve to See a Cute Thing og:description: His brother looks on anxiously og:url: https://time.com/4015426/raccoons-go-swimming/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's a Raccoon Swimming in a Pool Because You Deserve to See a Cute Thing twitter:description: His brother looks on anxiously twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's a Raccoon Swimming in a Pool Because You Deserve to See a Cute Thing ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 28, 2015 8:42 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 28, 2015 8:42 PM UTC You probably don’t hear the word “raccoon” and immediately think “awwwww,” but trust us, these two raccoon brothers are really cute. The raccoon named Willie decides to get into a swimming pool and enjoy a nice, refreshing dip. His brother Waylon, however, appears to be extremely nervous about this and tries several times to rescue Willie. He’s clearly too scared to get into the pool himself, so he just hangs out by the edge and tries to reach Willie whenever he gets close enough. Eventually, Willie decides he doesn’t want Waylon to be so worried anymore, because he is a deeply compassionate creature, so he decides to get out. The main question raised by this video: who has raccoons as pets? ([h/t Mashable](http://mashable.com/2015/08/28/swimming-raccoon/?utm%5Fcid=mash-com-Tw-main-link)) _Read next:_ [_What’s This? Oh Nothing, Just a Raccoon Hitching a Ride on an Alligator_](http://time.com/3921354/raccoon-rides-alligator-florida/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4015426/raccoons-go-swimming/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4015426/raccoons-go-swimming/"},"headline":"Here's a Raccoon Swimming in a Pool Because You Deserve to See a Cute Thing","datePublished":"2015-08-28T20:42:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:12.136Z","description":"His brother looks on anxiously","url":"https://time.com/4015426/raccoons-go-swimming/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4015426/raccoons-go-swimming/","name":"Here's a Raccoon Swimming in a Pool Because You Deserve to See a Cute Thing"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4015426/raccoons-go-swimming/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4015426/raccoons-go-swimming/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```