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Sep 19, 2015 01:52
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goose fleet posted:The wild ones are wary of you and just want food. I think the ones kept as pets are more affectionate. Sometimes. They all have different personalities. Raccoons are very intelligent. Wild raccoons are wary of humans because they know humans are likely to kill them. Sometimes it was food, sometimes it was competition for food, but when food is scarce humans will eat them or prevent them from eating our food. When food is plentiful humans are more prone to sharing with animals we like. Wild raccoons are still accustomed to "OH gently caress IT'S A MURDER APE" and will be very cautious. Humans can and will kill the crap out of raccoons if we feel like it. But at the same time they're also hungry and if they notice that you aren't going to kill it and have food they'll see if they can get food from you. Urban raccoons, or ones that are around friendly humans a lot, learned that certain behavior patterns (i.e., being cute and non-threatening) will get them fed instead of murdered. I don't think domesticated is quite the word for it; they aren't like dogs. That's why you get areas where raccoons are friendly and practically pets. They're still ultimately wild but they've learned that if they're bros with humans then they get an easy food source.
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Sep 19, 2015 02:11
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The only thing stopping raccoons from sentience is rabies
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Sep 19, 2015 05:04
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Sep 24, 2015 05:16
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Sep 29, 2015 05:06
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crash cab is my favorite raccoon
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Sep 29, 2015 05:13
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BgRdMchne posted:crash cab 
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Sep 29, 2015 05:15
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I just have laser raccoons near me. I was coming home, and there was one on top of the bins, and it scooted off as i came up, as I walked by, the other one was rumbling and another popped its head out http://i.imgur.com/P0ilfEA.jpg Another night, this fellow was just hanging out in the tree http://i.imgur.com/07bPWoy.jpg The worst thing is my apartment is right next to the bins, so I can hear them chittering and fighting and banging at night.
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Sep 29, 2015 07:42
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This is my favorite thing ever and I don't want to be told it's not real
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Sep 29, 2015 08:01
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No hyperbole I seriously almost just choked on my sandwich reading that.
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Sep 29, 2015 12:11
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BgRdMchne posted:crash cab is my favorite raccoon 
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Sep 29, 2015 16:51
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Oct 2, 2015 23:19
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  From fb
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Oct 3, 2015 01:08
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Oct 3, 2015 04:24
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This predates the Bush administration what the gently caress posted:
Fat gorgeous bean VVV: Swimp-Y. cash crab has a new favorite as of 05:35 on Oct 3, 2015 |
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Oct 3, 2015 05:27
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SWIMP
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Oct 3, 2015 05:33
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Oct 3, 2015 17:57
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She's beauty and she's grace.
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Oct 3, 2015 18:04
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Precious baby I want to hug.
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Oct 3, 2015 19:06
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he's real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx9Yr1TqnW8
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Oct 3, 2015 19:12
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Hitler recorded in portrait you know.
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Oct 3, 2015 19:26
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Oct 3, 2015 19:39
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 I love her long legs. She looks like she is eating fries on stilts.
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Oct 3, 2015 23:33
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I like to think that the raccoon actually brought the Wendy's food with him into the guy's office to eat it.
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Oct 3, 2015 23:59
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cash crab posted:
Can you actually tell raccoon genders just by looking at them?
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Oct 4, 2015 00:05
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what the gently caress posted:That's pretty cool. I remember reading in NatGeo about the domesticated foxes and how it took something along the lines of 3 or 4 generations of foxes before they started displaying affection towards their keepers as opposed to just approaching for food, and all the wild fear had dissipated. I just googled Tasmanian Devils because of this and oh my god you guys: 
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Oct 4, 2015 00:26
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Lizard Wizard posted:I just googled Tasmanian Devils because of this and oh my god you guys: That's about as cute as they get since the vast majority of them are either ripped up from fighting or covered in debilitating facial tumors
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Oct 4, 2015 00:33
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Aesop Poprock posted:Can you actually tell raccoon genders just by looking at them? iGestalt posted:Albino Racoon's are pretty odd.
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Oct 4, 2015 01:06
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Kitty's got a puffy raccoon tail. Trying to blend in (or maybe they just got married, I don't know).
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Oct 4, 2015 01:46
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Aesop Poprock posted:Can you actually tell raccoon genders just by looking at them? ...  I can.Lizard Wizard posted:I just googled Tasmanian Devils because of this and oh my god you guys:
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Oct 4, 2015 02:49
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cash crab posted:... It's a pheromone thing.
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Oct 4, 2015 03:32
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A raccoon story: When I worked at a summer camp, we left those little shelf-stable packets of butter out on the tables in the eating lodge. They were the little cups with the foil on top that you peel off. But then we would get into the place in the morning and they would be missing or they'd be empty: the foil ripped off and the little cups littering the tables. There were tons of rat traps everywhere (this is rural Michigan, so rat/squirrel traps) around the outside of the eating lodge, plus they locked up every other food source at night to keep smells from attracting animals. One of the central staff members even suggested it might be a camper who bragged about eating an entire stick of butter. So we decided to have two counselors stay in the eating lodge until after everyone had gone to sleep to catch the butter thief in the act. They stayed until about midnight when they heard the back screen door open, but not slam shut and little padded feet come into the eating lodge. Thinking they were about to catch a butter-craving 9 year old girl, they jump out with flashlights on and scare what was apparently the fattest raccoon either of them had ever seen. He didn't even freak out, he just ignored them and grabbed a butter cup to stick his little people hands into. We named him Methuselah and left a little bowl of whatever we'd had for dinner at the back of the eating lodge after they started to lock up the butter every night.
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Oct 4, 2015 04:16
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Aesop Poprock posted:That's about as cute as they get since the vast majority of them are either ripped up from fighting or covered in debilitating facial tumors That and the noises they make are loving ungodly.
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Oct 4, 2015 05:15
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Oct 4, 2015 05:18
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LEGALIZE RACCOON MARRIAGE
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Oct 4, 2015 05:53
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I abruptly regret my wedding choices so much Also I loving love Methuselah the butter raccoon  
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Oct 4, 2015 06:03
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Lizard Wizard posted:I just googled Tasmanian Devils because of this and oh my god you guys: Haha hold on I commented on this earlier but even in the picture you posted as an example of cuteness it's tail is torn to shreds and it's entire backside is coated in dried blood. I mean I still stand by saying it's the cutest you'll ever see one of them but it's hilarious that's literally probably the best you could do
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Oct 4, 2015 08:18
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In the flesh they really aren't cute. They look savage as gently caress. I was with my stepdad once who is a vet and had to take some skin samples of some that had been hand reared as orphans. It was terrifying. The females are 100x more aggressive than the males too.
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Oct 4, 2015 11:19
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If Devils were the size of dogs, you wouldn't even be able to live in Tasmania. Thankfully they're tiny enough to not threaten humans and are therefore adorable.
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Oct 4, 2015 14:53
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