Interesting Facts about Raccoons - Cute Animal Video for School Learning
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- For most of us raccoons look like incredibly cute creatures that may qualify for an unusual pet because of their playful manners and character.
But what many people don’t know is that a raccoon is not actually fit to be kept as a pet and there are many reasons for this.
That is why we created a list of interesting facts everyone should know about these animals.
This video presentation may also be suitable for educational use in schools or just for general educational purposes for children.
Here is our newest video about raccoons. Did we miss any interesting facts?
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Animal facts by Datacube i have a raccoon and he love cookies
Raccoons can also collapse their spines to fit through tight spaces, the same way a mouse does. Unfortunately though, they're still known to get stuck sometimes.
Thanks for your comment and bonus fact!
Didn't we mention that it was nighttime vision? These are predominantly nocturnal animals, so they won't be able to navigate through their habitat at night, especially with poor vision.
How about they don’t like getting caught in a cage.
I’ve been feeding a slightly disabled Raccoon girl for nearly three years. She has a congenital front paw disorder. She’s made an amazing recovery. Feeding her is about the best thing I do every day. We all love her.
I have nurtured and fed many generations, living in the forest behind my home. 5-6 years of joy and entertainment. They have never damaged or destroyed anything. Love to see them meet me at the back door; when I get home from work ..... "It's buffet time" !
Good to hear
Have you heard of the Racoon Whisperer from Canada? He has a TH-cam channel devoted to his racoon feèding.
I had a raccoon as a friend, and found it to be one of the most amazing creatures God ever created.
Me too.
Thank you friend .. we love you xoxo The Raccoons
Best animal ever born. They ended up with the worst reputation yet they are amazing. Not only are they absolutely adorable, they are smart as hell and very gentle.
I'm sure your opinion would change if you had them destroy your home. These animals are destructive and bio hazards.
@@snoopdogg2912 Most people's opinion would change but I have had too many amazing experiences with raccoons to have mine changed. There are more than a dozen that visit me for the past year and a half and the most they have done is mess up my recycling a couple times when I didn't rinse things out. They definitely can do serious damage but they are just trying to find food and safety in a place that is being taking over by humans.
@@snoopdogg2912 humans destroy their habitat.
Exactly, I have been saying it for eons.
@@amandaforsey8033 why are you arguing with Snoop Dogg?
50+ years ago, my mom brought home a baby racoon. Mother abandoned the nest, and the ppl sold one to mom for 5 bucks. We named him Pitty-Pat. One of the most interesting pets to ever own. I brought him to show-and-tell one time in my classroom, kids loved him, he wondered around the classroom, touching at some of the kids, they all laughed. We had him for some 2 years, then mom died when I was 10, and dad found it a new home.
But they 'are' still a wild animal. I teased him once during mating season, and got bit for my trouble. Kids will be kids, right??
Raccoons are adorable .
Pet them when you have no food
Animals dont have hatred or envy, they just have a pure instinct to survive, and if we are patient and gain their trust, its amazing the the bond they can get with us.
awesome.. so true..
U r right
So they can't hate or be envious but they can form bonds, hmmm....
@@alexone8338 Many animals have come to fear and avoid humans and even attack us as necessary to protect themselves. But hate is by and large a human invention that we reserve to ourselves.
@@RaikenXion many non-human animals can experience and express both negative and positive sensations towards humans. Sure, you might not choose to label the negative ones as "hate"or "envy", but then don't label the positive ones as "bonding", otherwise your statement sounds incongruent since "bonding" is also a human label of a natural phenomenon, just like hate and envy.
I had raccoons as pets for over 20 years, including one that slept by me for 14 years. I wormed the animals with vet. type wormer and have never seen evidence of the much touted diseases I'm tired of hearing about. Also the racoon with whom I had so much contact understood and obeyed many commands, calling yourself learning cube doesn't mean you know so much!
Mine sleeps with me as well..she knows her name and will come when called...she is spayed,vaccinated and she is my awesome baby
love your comment and you are so correct on how smart coons really are
They are not aggressive. They are helpful to have around. They eat snails and bugs in your yard and they are amazing animals to have around.
Hello, thank you for your comments. We don't remember what statement you are referring to but there are somethings that should be taken into consideration. While wild raccoons are rarely observed to show aggression, provided their population is enough food to go by. There is a negative experience in Japanese prefectures that we mentioned in the video. The areas overpopulated with these animals suffer from harassment by raccoons (these animals were artificially introduced to Japan, so they have no natural predators and can expand their population even further.) It's odd to hear that such cute and harmless animals could have such devastating environmental impact.
TO S A - I HAVE WATCHED PLENTY OF TH-cam RACCOON VIDEOS AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY ARE INNATELY INTELLIGENT, SOCIABLE, FRIENDLY, FAMILY-ORIENTED, AND SWEET ANIMALS.
@@crackerjack4833 Raccoons are not used to being pet like domesticated animals are. They don't know what you're doing when you reach out your hand to touch them. If they feel threatened then yes, they will attack like almost any other animal.
And sorry, but it's a *fact* that Raccons are not normally aggressive otherwise.
@FlamQ Dbltap they CAN be if, like any other animal, they are rabid or feel threatened. But unprovoked aggression is rare.
@@animal-facts In japan everything is small, so having raccoon in small house with small yard is a bad idea, maybe that is the reason, that people underestimated the size of they properly for such a animal.
It sounds like they had this guy record every word in the dictionary, then cut and pasted words into sentences for the video
Are those the ones I sent you yesterday?
That's one of those annoying computer generated voices, but you're right. Sounds goofy as hell
Do you think that maybe he speaks in a deliberate tone for ESL speakers or young people who don't have a good grasp of English?
@@aaronslater470 and Shorty...it's what we boomers refer to as enunciation 🤷🙋
@@annedavis6090 True, but even the English lesson can't make up for the damage you've caused and continue to cause as boomers. :( Every time you guys have an opportunity to make it up to young people you choose self interest over the greater good. It makes us very sad.
Love your video. We share our home with four raccoons. The house has been modified to accommodate their semi arboreal preferences, and they live happily alongside us as family and friends. 💖
Biting Back 👍💞💖💜❤️💕💝💗👌
WOW..
@@cosmixmalar do a TH-cam search for "Tito the raccoon", and you can get an idea of the kind of stuff one will do to live alongside of them
I love raccoons beautiful wild things. I wish they leave longer in the wild. They have a hard time to find food in the winter time. I respect all the creatures that share this world with us. Without them we are nothing.
There's a guy on TH-cam who streams live feedings of racoons on his back porch each night.
James Blackwood - Raccoon Whisperer th-cam.com/video/bIkRpq2ccfE/w-d-xo.html
There is a male raccoon in my yard which looks like George Clooney. I swear, he is so handsome. I love raccoons so much.
It's surely mutual, the raccoon is enraptured by your beauty Miss Persia :)
I name a raccoon in my yard George coony before I seen this comment.
@@garyha2650 Thank you Gary for the kind words.
@@garyha2650 simp
In Norwegian these are called Washingbears ...
It's called vaskebjørne, but yea. Vaskebjørne translated is Washingbears ;)
In Toronto, Canada (the raccoon capital of the world), we call the Trash Pandas.
I've assisted several generations of raccoons over the past 28 years in my private forest. Usually, I count 22 or 23 and they are always on time for supper. (At dusk). Later into the night they come to my home and eat some late night treats. Every one of them has a different personality and I can discern who's who. They are very timid until they know me and then they get somewhat chummy. I usually wind up smelling like a raccoon as they will climb all over me if I'm sitting on the ground. They are ALWAYS curious and insist on checking all my pockets knowing a treat is hidden within. In those 28 years, only one died from distemper it had contracted from a feral cat that died earlier. She was a very polite visitor as raccoons go, I named her Lily. Yes, they are endless great company when they visit.
There was a distemper outbreak in my area last year. I know for sure four of my raccoon visitors died because I found their bodies and another 5 or so vanished around the same time. Thankfully this year their numbers were back to normal though.
i had no idea they came from the tropics! they are so adaptable!!!
They are native to north America. This is false information.......
@@beebop9808North America has tropical areas that raccoons are native to. It depends on how you define "native" anyway. They probably did originally evolve in the topics and adapted as they spread further north. Even into the 20th century they were mostly limited to the southeastern US. Obviously their spread further north since then has more to do with how they benefit from living near humans than evolution though.
They were romping through the Appalachian range before the Europeans came to town. That's sub zero temps and a long way from any tropics and as much native American as the Native Americans. To imply they are tropical creatures and anything remotely to say recently introduced is plainly false.
I saw a Albino raccoon the other night. Well not just one, but at least 7 of them. It was a whole family lol pretty rare sighting.
They don't kill cats or dogs either. Coyotes do and they get blamed for it.
TO S A - THANK YOU. I HAVE LATELY FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE ADORABLE, FRIENDLY RACCOONS.
how do i make raccoon leave my house
Dogs do kill a fair amount of raccoons though.
Raccoons unfortunately will kill kittens.
@@cummygamer Play loud music open the door. They dislike loud noice and bright lights
The raccoons in my neighborhood have eaten side by side with a possum stray cats and foxes they never fight and respect each other's space. I've never seen a raccoon kill another animal maybe because they have all their needs met
Even if a wild raccoon is violent you cant compare that to a tamed raccoon... that's like if a wild cat or wild dog was vicious and violent that doesnt mean a tamed or bred one that's a house pet will act like a wild animal.... just like cats and dogs if we start breeding them over generations they can become a normal common house pet for anyone
I love raccoons they are my favorite animal ... sadly I've seen videos where dogs have killed raccoons but I also seen raccoons kill dogs and not little dogs I mean big dogs .... they will lose to a doberman or German Shepard or pitbull yes but they have been known to win fights against dogs like golden retrievers and those dogs are way bigger then them .... I dont want to see any dog or raccoon hurt but my point is they can kill dogs that are much bigger then them
Same here ,my cat even eats with them at times
Raccoons on my farm would often fight and pester my cats.
@@Awesoman66 I find this to be true as well.
How can you tell they're raccoons? They're all wearing masks!
LOL!!
That’s so dumb it’s hilarious. I’m still laughing, TY very much.
We always have a family at our house each summer. We feed them and like to watch them. Some are friendly and others skittish
Should know better not to feed them but you can’t teach the ignorant
@@K....D.... i am so ignorant that i dont know what i am ignorant of...
20 years and many litters of kits and no problems. I enjoy watching them. Why is this so bad you have to pesonally attack me?
I feed a family too. And a possum. I love watching them.
Really because I have about 20 raccoons outside living in a bush I went rite up to them and they sniffed me it was SOOOO CUTE
Great stuff, but he doesn't apply discipline to the ornary one. A number of years ago we used to have racoons come by our worksite and feed with the cats. They all took oatmeal/raisin cookies by hand from me. One jumpy little feller stood up and did a little dance before lunging at the cookie, scaring us both. Next time he started that dance i pulled the cooking back, pointed an index finger, and calmly said "no". It really worked!
Great info . ❤️They are adorable and interesting. Love the way they dunk cat food in the water bowl before eating ! The facts about water are fascinating and explains why I have many visiting raccoons - we have a creek behind us, and at my daughter’s- they have numerous small ponds surrounding their development (and forest ).
I know how heartbreaking it is to see a beloved animal die because of humans whether accidentally or on purpose. I will keep you and all your sweet little ones in my prayers.
Bonjour 🐕, quelle jolie Animal, il est très affectueux,.il faut absolument les protéger des chasseurs et braconnier. Longue vie à tous les Animaux 🐕 💓 💗 🐕
Kinda sad how they get such a bad rap. I saw one on my deck outside so I fed him some ham and peanut butter. He sat on the chairs outside for hours cleaning himself eating and drinking some water out of a bowl I put outside with fresh filtered water. Buddy’s got it good
giving a raccoon cotton candy is the greatest betrayal ever
Why? 🤔🙄🥺
@@shannonbales9148 They absolutely LOVE sweets...😊
@Terrance Norris I've never fed them sweets. I leave dry cat food out on our porch for my cat. I forget to bring it in and all of the nighttime critters come out at night. They're cute the way they eat. We have raccoons, possums, skunks and ground hogs. The raccoons bring their babies with them. The little ones get spooked and climb on the bottom bed on the cat tower. I love my animals and won't let them go hungry. 🙂🥰🤗
Racoons are impressive of their high intelligence. I caught a momma raccoon with 3 cubs climbing on my tree. I commanded the mother to get down, she looked down , shook her head, than she harassed the 3 cubs to follow her down. One by one they came down with the mother being the first one to stand by to ensure the all the cubs came down. Once finished the mother raccoon stood up like a dog begging, she lifted her head up like she was saying she was sorry, than causally walked away with the 3 cubs looking back at me. One of the strangest but coolest animal encounters ever. Since then , I admire Raccoons and always be on the ready if I see them needing help of any kind. Love them knowing now , how smart they really are.
So they DO wash stuff! In Sweden we call them "tvättbjörn" directly translates to washing bear.
Nice informative video thank you. I have a few families of raccoons living on my property that I feed and let hang out. They're really very sweet animals and they're polite; they have never caused me any trouble, they just do their own thing and come around for a snack. I respect that they are wild animals and I never get near them or try to touch them at any time.
Raccoon hibernation: I'd rather go hungry than be cold.
I bet Raccoon got its name from reconnoiter which means "to scout"... They're so close subconsciously it's at least a synchronicity
It's an Indian word. The original English word for raccoon was arocoun, from the Algonquian/Powhatan word for the critter, arahkun. This word was a nominal form of the verb *arahkunem*, meaning “he scratches with the hands,” referring to the way raccoons scrabble for food and tidbits with their little hand-like front paws.
@@gaylebynumcardosa7034 sounds like sussy b.s.
Only humans can liken these gorgeous babes to bandits. Beauty is skin deep.
"Stay away from racoons"
_meanwhile,_
Racoon Cafe: hold on
Funniest Raccoon Moments Video: Hold my beer
Tito the Raccoon: wait me
James Blackwood - Raccoons Whisperer: me too
Sterling North : hold my rascal
A big family of raccoons used to visit my girlfriend and I on our back deck throughout the summer evenings. The kits would happily hop up to eat cat kibble and gently eat out of my hand while the huge mom looked on protectively. It was delightful but not very wise on my part.
Still, we adored them.
The German name translates to "wash-bears" because they like to wash their food if possible before eating.
I had 4 juvenile raccoons in my backyard today. I scared them when I opened my back door, but when I tried to sneak a peek at them (after sneaking around them to my garage for a smoke) they approached me like I was their mom; or maybe I was perceived as a threat. Their body language was hard to read since their guard hairs were very fine. I closed the door on the two that came up to me & let them ravage my backyard while I cowered in my garage lol. Very cute & smart animals, even though I did have a bad run in with one once.
what happened
They are freakin’ cute❤️
That explains how racoons got to Japan. I realise they are smart animals, but boatbuilding is not a known racoons skill set. Like the panda, the racoon knows how to look and act* "cute".
*exploit
A common MISCONCEPTION is...
"They wash thier food before eating it. NOT the case!! They're wettimg (ie; MOISTURIZING) food because they, DO NOT HAVE SALIVA GLANDS.
"Sly character" I love it
We have mothers who bring babies to our deck each year. We put out dry cat food! Our deck is cleaner after they are done! We love them!
I think it’d be pretty hard to find a cuter critter than a Baby Raccoon.
When I was a kid, my parents were superintendents of a 60 unit apartment building. A tenant call to report that a huge commotion and screams were coming from an adjacent apartment and she feared that a man was beating his wife to death. My mother investigated the sounds and called the police. Mother opened the apartment with her master key for the police and inside they discovered 2 pet raccoons that had been left alone by the apartment occupants when they went to work. The whole apartment had been trashed. Every piece of furniture, drapes, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom were destroyed. The couple had insurance, but the company did not pay out.
I love the little creatures.
Harrass passers by , yeah Feed Me ! , so Cute !
I do that and I don't even have a raccoon.
Hello! I really enjoyed your video and wonder If you might grant permission to use a very short clip (15 seconds) of the Raccoon when he in on the street for use in an educational video for Kindergarten Children. My niece is a teacher and is having her kids identify winter tracks and I just want add something interesting to my contribution to hold the little ones attention. It's very informal. Thank you for you time and attention! Sincerely, Diane U
I love them ❤️
I just feed them whole hot dogs when they come around the porch. They are so adorable to feed. Sometimes it feels like early Halloween cause they have mask and all. 🦝
really...hurt local eco systems...lets talk about how man comes in and destroys hundreds of thousands of acres of forests to throw up a mini mall or apartment complexes or car lots...who is the real nuisance here
Plus they eat our trash ffs! Lol
This guy's voice in maddening
Very informative video, but the narration is very stilted and odd sounding. Almost robotic. The tonal inflections don't feel natural.
Prolly a bot (man voice) ... 🙃😲
One fact about Raccoons (Trash Pandas) that nobody will tell you is Raccoons, Skunks & Armadillos all went to the same Dubious Road Crossing School. In certain areas of North America Raccoons are makeing a real push to become the Dominate species.
Great video and information about a very fascinating animal.
They need water to support swallowing-they do not have the salivary glands most animals have.
That's a myth. The reason they like water so much is it softens the hard skin on their paws to improve their sense of touch. Raccoons sense of touch is very important to them and they have a larger percentage of their brains dedicated to tactile feedback than any other mammal. This helps them hunt for crustateans and other food sources in water. Their salivary glands are normal and they'll eat normally if their food is not next to water.
@@aaronwilliams1249 Correct. I own a baby raccoon and she eats just fine without water whenever I give her tidbits when she is up in a tree but she always has a bowl of water in her cage and whenever I give her food or grapes or just about anything, she'll put them in water before she puts them in her mouth. Very smart critter... she knows my voice and runs to me wherever I call from around the yard.
@@savithrivenugopal How's your raccoon doing 1 year later as of today?
Raccoons are capable of collapsing their spine to fit into small spaces.
Love watching the channel raccoon whisperer.
Raccoon kits are wonderful pets. They're desperately dependent and keenly attentive. Normally 3 or 4 kits follow a mother (or adoptive human parent) everywhere and mimic her behavior. For this we call raccoons social animals.
But it doesn't last. Adult raccoons are antisocial - that's nature's way of making them establish their own territory. In the juvenile mind something breaks, so it begins to snap and growl at its siblings, and even its mother. Soon they're so independent they must part ways.
An adult raccoon's curiosity and confidence could be mistaken for friendliness if that's what you want of it.
The Red Head Is Amazing..... Beautiful!
They are smart! And fun and adorable. They are such a joy.
I was a caretaker of cats being bred outdoors by the Humane Society in Chicago . The racoons were abundant and love dry car food more than cats. Coons raid both squirrel and cat nests and will eat the babies. I didn't film any of this but am an eyewitness for years from 2010 thru 2020. Racoons decimated the squirrel population at Ken Dunn's Resource Center on Chicago's far south side.
I saw it.
I didn’t know Rigby was this popular…
Very good video. Learned a few things I didn't know about them.
Raccoons have poor vision. Check your facts
Yeah, lots of facts here but many were clearly not verified.
They have excellent vision
The word raccoon is derived from Japanese and means "washing bear".
Cool
idiot, that comes from the german, you misread.
@@ThomasJr Moron, in German it is waschbar, which even an imbecile like yourself probably realizes translates the same way.
I read somewhere that it was of Japanese origin. It appears that is a mistake and that it is from Algonquin. One thing I'm not mistaken about is that you're a dick.
@@jonathanstephens1551 I heard it means washing bear in a lot of european languages, you are just another clueless idiot. Go read a book
These are the cutest raccoons!!!
Adorable little bandits
Very educational I have raccoons around my house alot of them I’m in Chicago in a urban area and yes they only come out at night
So funny how I'm watching this and the racoons in my yard now lol
Love The Information About The Adorable Raccoon.
why
saw a raccoon in my bedroom last night i got scared and closed him in there and when i opened the door this morning (i slept on teh couch) there were 3 more baby raccooons and they will not leave
if there is a raccoon in my house or multiple how do i make it or them leave
cummygamer2007 play loud music and turn on a bright light, they will get uncomfortable and leave
@@cummygamer with a gun
I was walking my chihuahua a month ago. We saw a mother raccoon and two babies. I stopped while she and the babies walked past a dumpster, walked across the road and went down an embankment. The mother came back and attacked me. I was scratched and bruised on my leg, my thigh, my abdomen and was bitten on my arm. Yes, I went to the hospital A tetanus shot plus 10 rabies shots. They hurt so much, I cried. More shots weeks later. Beware.
I'm terribly sorry to hear that. I'll make sure I'm careful. Thank you.
oh no D: I hope you're okay now
We had a case in my city two years ago where a raccoon entered a movie theater from an alley behind the theater and bit several people who were sitting watching the movie.
Thank you for the info about these adorable looking critters. This video just ended my dream about owning one! They are better off in their own naturally wild habitat where we humans can admire them from afar!
Very well done. Info re disease-carrying might be more detailed. Are there areas where this is no problem?
I love raccoons. I'd have one for a pet if I could. But keep in mind some of them can carry rabies just like skunks and foxes.
I have always wanted to raise a raccoon from empathy bottle-fed and train it they're so Majestic and beautiful
Do you have one yet?
Thank you for your video. I love raccoons and they had 6 babies this March or April in my backyard under my deck. First time I was so scared but immediately fell in love with them. They are nice and they had a hard time to get fresh food so I gave them a cat food that I always leave it for the street cats. It's so sad that they can only survive with digging a trash....human took animals land for making a house and stores and golf... human are so devil...
I was told that they don't wash their food. They wet their food because they don't have saliva and that makes it easier to swallow.
Wash-bears.
And incredibly cute ones.
Yes, that's their name in "most" european languages, except English.
I wonder if the Native Americans did have Racoon Pets...?
the facts helped me do my homework abt racoons so THANKKKKKKK U!!!!!
They only live 2-3 years in the wild? Huh?
That's true and it's becuz they're hunted down by foxes, owls or eagles however they tend to live longer when domesticated. I have a baby raccoon which I saved from death when it was 1 week old.
Yeah it's seems very little by such a big creature. It's certainly surprising such a curt live
Not always. I have a mother raccoon that I’ve been feeding out back for 3 years now. I know it’s the same one by her unique coloring. She is very friendly and will approach for food when I go out to feed the deer. We are in a subdivision but border a large wooded area of county land so there is a lot of wildlife . She knows the sound of my voice and will approach or come down from a tree when called. She seems especially hungry in late spring or early summer when I think she is nursing. Sometimes she will bring the babies, they will get scared of me and run up a tree. She just looks at them and keeps eating. It’s so funny. Even though she’s docile and friendly I respect her as a wild animal and let her have her space.
@@savithrivenugopal I also have a pet raccoon. I've had Lily sense she was a week old. She is now going on 5 months. She's a loveable little girl. And yes sometimes rotten. But I know she would never hurt me. Outta just pure meanness. She sleeps in my bed.
In my city they often live 5 to 6 years. Their only predator is the automobile. Raccoons dead on the road are a daily sight, but the Toronto's raccoon population is still around 100,000.
Cool video and thanks for the facts
Raccoons aren't native to the tropics. The crab-eating variety is, but the Northern Raccoon is from the US and Canada.
With those hands, that brain, given enough time, they will be our equals.
Yeah give them 200million years and they have space ships
@@johntitorii6676 They can already stand up and walk on their hind legs, it's coming, Planet of the Raccoons.
Damn kid knew everything I know
Calling a raccoon's front paws paws is insulting to the guy. They're more like hands. And the skin of their hands is as soft as a baby's.
I learned by experience when they are not rabid they are not jerks.
I dont know them very well so im not afraid but i keep my social distance. Though when they their curiosity piqued they forget social distance.
Raccoons love trees, just ask Rocket.
They are an amazing intelligent animal they shouldn’t be ignored or avoided we should help but keep distance
The Raccoons are lovely animals but it is humans who often do the wrong thing. These creatures are so loveable that it is hard for people to resist their charms.
I seen a big one tonight on the fence it came out of a palm tree I was scared I told my neighbor to go in the house and I went in the house just in case but I heard rumors over the months since last year that there was a coon hanging around our home and around our apartment complex so when I first saw it I was startled cuz it was so big and it was walking the fence and then I saw the signature tail and then I saw the face and I knew it was a raccoon it was just a big one it took off down the fence it was at death so it was coming out to go hunt for food obviously I've heard many noises late at night could be from the raccoon and it probably has friends more likely a lot of those strange noises I hear at night outside it's probably the raccoons I've been hearing I know a few days ago I went on the bike trail I was riding down it and all the sudden I heard something growling at me I turned around I heard it again I wasn't sure what it was at first I thought later maybe it sounded like a bobcat but now I know it was not a bobcat it must have been that raccoon I've heard that this raccoon has been chasing the stray cats around here and all but one of the stray cats have disappeared perhaps the raccoon killed the cats and ate them I don't know would they do that since they seem to have an aggressive nature the animal looked at me as if it was crunched down I just had this creepy feeling it might come towards me so I told my neighbor he was a woman in her seventies just go in the house and we'll go inside and I called the wildlife sanctuary and animal control and left a messages call me back it freaked me out I never seen a raccoon that big before especially that close cuz I know they can be unpredictable
WOW!!
Here in Toronto, Canada the city is host to over 100,000 raccoons. Given the right environment and food sources (garbage & home gardens) they can grow to an enormous size. Highly engineered garbage containers supplied by the city have proven to be little challenge to the raccoons. A big guy that roamed our neighbourhood for several years, known as Rocky, measured 18 inches wide across his butt and I'm sure he weighed close to 50 pounds. They also can have a lifespan of 5 or 6 years if they are lucky enough to evade traffic, as automobiles are there only predator. They do make some strange cries, screams and growls high in the trees when defending territory and especially when mating in the spring. I'm not sure whether raccoons share the city with us, or we share the city with them.
He was a woman in her 70’s. Lay off the sauce and quit the bullshit story telling
by the way , its not theft if its found in their Garbage
Very interessing 👍🏻
Finally someone hailing us. Vote for Raccoonocracy!
Amazing video! I really like it dude!
Bonjour 🐕. Une jolie vidéo avec de magnifiques Animaux, j’aime beaucoup les Ratons Laveurs. Je vis avec un adorable Chihuahua. Amitiés 🐕 💓 🐕
The beginning of this video was just about why you shouldn't have them as a pet. Like any "exotic" pet you shouldn't just snach it from the wild and call it a pet. all the reasons he mentions not to have a raccoon as a pet can be prevent by breeding in captive, handling and training. Of course you should have then around children and its not smart to have other pets if you have a pet raccoon.
Hello there. Thanks for your comment, you are 100% right. We mentioned a few more reasons why these animals won't ever make a good pet.
Thanks I enjoyed this video
You should only have a Raccoon as a pet if you adopt a rescue that can't be released