Racoons? yay or nay?

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do you like these critters?

NearlyNapping · Accepted Answer

There used to be some raccoons that lived near me. The mama had a bunch of kits and I'd feed them. Mama would just watch me feeding the kits. She didn't seem to mind.

Anyway they knew me. One day I went to the dumpster which had just been emptied. One of the little ones (more like a teenager by then) was stuck in the dumpster. Since it had just been emptied it was too deep for the racoon to get out. The only thing in the dumpster was a can of red paint. The racoon had gotten into it and got some paint on him.

When I went to the dumpster he looked up at me, pleading to get him out. He stood on his hind legs lifting his arms up to me and looking me in the eye. (raccoons are smart) He was semi-tame but I was still afraid to grab a wild animal. I could only reach his front paws, and I thought he might scratch me while he tried to get a grip. So I had a step ladder that I put in the dumpster so he could climb out.

A week later I was walking past a different dumpster. I heard something and sure enough it was a raccoon. He had red paint on him. That little guy didn't learn his lesson. He looked really embarrassed about it. There was a big board laying there, so I put it in the dumpster so he could climb out.

And they lived happily ever after.
End of story.

mrsingle · Accepted Answer

Yes! Where I live you see many each night raiding garbage cans, because wooded areas are rare here now so they lost much of their natural habitat/diet.

Many people find them rabid, dirty creatures, but it's not true at all. Rabies is rare where I live, yet people still purposely trap or run over raccoons 😡 The fact seeing a raccoon during the day is is sick is not true! After hibernation moms come out early to eat because they have babies to feed, even during summer babies come out early because they have to learn to fear humans and often when they leave mom are quite large but are learning to forage for food and come out late date in light because older male raccoons will fight or try to kill them.

vishna · Accepted Answer

Yea, they're really cute. I kid you not, this gif makes me emotional to the point I want to cry...

Rissyanne · Accepted Answer

Yes... my daughter would feed them outside her apartment. She fed the cat food. She would make a line of cat food on her patio then they would get in a line and eat. They were so cute... then she moved.

cocoaniable · Accepted Answer

I kind of feel like one: - stays up all night - cute but will fight you - eats junk - dark circles around my eyes 😂

DiogoRibeiro · Answer

ONLY if they're carrying big guns in a space adventure!

meatballs21 · Answer

They are a fucking nuisance in the city - they tip over your garbage bin and will chew inside it if it's got a lockable lid.

They are a fucking nuisance when camping - they, more so than larger animals, are the reason you have to lock all your food in your car every single night.

They spread rabies and distemper. They are basically large rats.

cth96190 · Answer

Anyone who does not love these clever and playful little creatures does not have a soul.

JimRSmith · Answer

We don't have them here, so they seem slightly exotic to me.

Having said that, I think I wouldn't want them here, either. It's not their natural environment, and they'd probably become a serious pest.

Nostalgiasteve · Answer

They exist. I recognize their existence, it happened.

ak666 · Answer

I like them but they can totally wreck your house.

WriterAndPainter · Answer

Yes!

Jaye234 · Answer

Yea, they're cute and smart. They eat the cat food I put out at night, they try to get into the garbage. But they carry rabbis. And are cute.

JudgmentDay · Answer

I rarely encounter them, but I think they can be silly sometimes and do some really silly shit sometimes.

Woodlandgnome · Answer

I'm not one way or the other. I live in the woods and raccoons are everywhere. They do tend to raid garbage cans unless they're secured, but never really had a problem with them.

clampfan101 · Answer

Of course! There're so cute! ;) lol

madhatters4 · Answer

i want to. they are kind of cute and all but they are all big pests where i'm from

Izumiblu · Answer

Ithat raccoon is sitting there thinking I wanna gnaw your face off

Akesuke · Answer

I wonder if raccoon would smile if was my server... idc raccoon is cute anyway ❤

EvilAngel114 · Answer

They're cute... I wouldn't keep one as a pet or anything.

JustinTheGreat · Answer

Yay. There's so cute. I mean if I saw one in real life, I would stay far away but still cute lol

Iron_Man · Answer

They're okay. When I was a kid I tried to feed one with my hands and the dang thing scratch my finger real bad I got cut

awesometjgreen · Answer

hell no! those things are vicious. especially what they do to chickens!!

zagor · Answer

They can be rather nasty. I see them around sometimes when I leave work late.

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