• doingthestuff
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    11 hours ago

    Now I need to know how many dollar store balloons it takes to float a raccoon.

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        8 hours ago

        Yeah I knew anything bigger than a squirrel would require something ridiculous. I’m thinking even a squirrel would set you back a bit given the scarcity and price of helium. The balloon is the cheap part.

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          3 hours ago

          Helium is portrayed as second most abundant element in the universe. Not scarce at all. Our ability to collect and make use of it, that’s scarce.

          A squirrel would probably need about 100 balloons.

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        6 hours ago

        There’s a lot of optimization that can be done to make OEM raccoons flight worthy.

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          Yep. We can place them on a diet, shave their fur, pump them full of helium… We have the technology.