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The Happy Pod: Nurse revives 'drunk' raccoon

BBC Global News Podcast Saturday 20 September 2025, 12:25 UTC By BBC World Service 1 min read
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A nurse in the US state of Kentucky has gone viral after she saved a baby raccoon who became 'drunk' on fermented fruit. The cub had passed out after eating peaches, thrown away by a distillery. Also: we hear from Bárbara Hernández, a cold water swimmer from Chile, known as the Ice Mermaid.

A nurse in the US state of Kentucky has gone viral after she saved a baby raccoon who became 'drunk' on fermented fruit. The cub had passed out after eating peaches, thrown away by a distillery.

Also: we hear from Bárbara Hernández, a cold water swimmer from Chile, known as the Ice Mermaid. She's front crawled her way to a Guinness World Record, completing the farthest ice swim ever by a woman. Plus, the man recreating a childhood photo, the 81-year-old woman who planted 4,000 trees; and Carlos Acosta on his latest milestone. Our weekly collection of inspiring, uplifting and happy news from around the world.

Presenter: Paul Moss. Music composed by Iona Hampson

US (LOCATION) Kentucky (LOCATION) Bárbara Hernández (LOCATION) Chile (LOCATION) Carlos Acosta (PERSON) Paul Moss (PERSON) Iona Hampson (PERSON)
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