User blog comment:JapaneseOPfan/Lesson Two (Animal Sounds)/@comment-3215872-20110210200200/@comment-3345720-20110210211041

man how could I forget those.. was I sleepy or what. By the way, tanukis don't necessarily say pon pon, its like a sound they make; its hard to explain. But there are names that originate from it like "Ponsuke" "Ponta" "Pontarou" etc.