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Why Animal Crossing's raccoon shopkeeper buys bugs

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A robust local economy is built entirely on capturing tiny insects. If you hand a colorful butterfly or a large beetle to the village shopkeeper, he will eagerly hand over thousands of bells, never once explaining what he plans to do with all these bugs.

Why Animal Crossing's raccoon shopkeeper buys bugs
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