He could do a follow-on episode of the damage raccoons do in Japan although that wasn't due to the fur industry. People adopted raccoons based on the animated TV series _Rascal the Raccoon_ and then dumped them when they realized they were hard to manage.
The area of Ireland that I live in is west of the River Shannon within the Lough Ree SAC, we have no grey squirrels here at all. A number of years ago the government reintroduced the Pine Marten, it is a natural predator to the Grey Squirrel but it is unable to catch the very nimble Red Squirrel. The Grey and Red Squirrel feed of the same food so the smaller Red Squirrel gets pushed out leaving the Grey Squirrel to dominate. The reintroduction has been very successful with the Red Squirrel starting to flourish again. I saw recently on some news story (I don't recall where) that the Welsh government are going to reintroduce the Pine Marten directly because of the success of the reintroduction here in Ireland. Thank you Dr. Felton for the high quality content, I very much enjoy watching your stories on history. Best wishes
There are a number of areas where Pinemartens are being released here in England. They are more prevalent in Scotland, so Reds are holding their own. Apparently there aren't enough Pinemartens to carry out large scale reintroduction. I have rece been working on the outskirts of Maidenhead and the place is infested with Greys
Here in North America Raccoons are treated with respect. There are plenty here in Southern California. My opinion is that they are smarter than most of our politicians. At my previous home there was a racoon that raided any outdoor pet food. One night that racoon brought its kits to show where the pet food could be found. The kits only wanted to play with my son's swing and slide. We had quite a show while staying safely inside. One should never challenge a racoon without a gun, and guns are illegal to use where I have lived. I am convinced that if Raccoons got a hold of guns they would learn how to use them. By the way Raccoons have been known to pick simple locks
We like our racoons in America because they have human like hands that can hold eggs. We used to give them eggs as a kid and watch them through the door. Probly not a good idea but whatever.
@@AckzaTV when I lived in that previous house and we kept our pet food outside the sliding glass door, one night I discovered the racoon eating from the pet bowl. I thought I would scare the Racoon. I opened the glass door leaving only the screen door between us and yelled at the Racoon. Racoon got up on its rear legs and gave me a look. After a long stair the Racoon went back to eating.
there's a screen shot of a raccoon carrying a gun lol..."our raccoons are armed" hahahah....I worked at an animal sanctuary and they rescued injured and orphaned ones and there was one called houdini. Didn't matter how well we built his pen, he always escaped. They challenged me to escape proof one. I even put a padlock on the gate, the little b@stard got out. They eventually stopped trying, he came and went at his leisure. We'd travel around on atvs, "hey houdini" see him in a tree 1/2 mile from his pen. By dinner time he was back inside waiting for his supper.
@@boxsterman77the Beatles are the most overrated band of all time look I don't like anything Beatles but after they broke up most of them did better for themselves...but they are still garbage as a band or broke apart doesn't matter
I'm from South Louisiana and in some parishes the sheriff's still offer a bounty on Nutria(what you call Coypu). They were brought to Avery Island, Louisiana where Tabasco Sauce is produced, in 1937 to start a fur farm. Same deal, caused a lot of damage. As a kid I used to see them swimming about in ponds and other waterways.
I live near downtown Austin, and we have a platoon-sized group that runs around our neighborhood. They break in through dog doors and help themselves to the garbage that affluent people create- a lot of wasted food. They do not bother me a bit. I put out water for them, fox, skunk, armadillos, coyotes- they are visit our yard. We do have a problem here with another invasive species here that really reduce the quality of life- Californians.
Greetings from Leipzig! The local city park here at night becomes "alive" with these racoons. Just this night, during my walk through the park on the way back home - saw one plundering a city park trash can, and another one fleeing up the tree next to the trash can. Surprised there were only two of them, they usually walk around in packs of 5-6. They are good climbers and sleep up in the trees. They are truly a pest here.
As someone from Toronto, a city with a notorious raccoon problem, I can safely say this: the raccoons will win, the German government should just capitulate.
I am also a Toronto native, and have to stick up for our masked furry friends. Raccoons are quite democratic, not fascist, and share the city on equal terms with other species. They usually attack garbage cans, not pets or other small animals. If Europe leaves their dumpsters open and accessible, there wont be a problem.
It’d seem that your city might have a much greater problem with loyal devotees of the late Yaya Sinwar. The PM seems rather keen on allowing fans of the late Austrian painter to besiege kindergartens, synagogues, & suburban homes of late…
@@deanpd3402No they do nit see others who do not follow their faith like that actually. In fact they see even each other like that as. Just look at the Shia and Suni for instance. They make the conflicts between Protestants and Catholics look like a slap fight.
Domesticated raccoons can actually make very good house pets. They will use a litterbox the same as cats. They are also very clean and will wash their "hands" and food before they eat.
As an environmentalist and conservationist, I have to say that this video is very well done - well researched and presented. Educating people about invasive species is really difficult (''oh look, a beaver, how cute''; ''no, it's a bloody coypu!''). Hopefully the wolf, lynx, and jackal populations here in central Europe will expand enough to help keep racoons (and others) in check. But large scale hunting is the only short term. solution. Back in the 1990s I was part of a grey squirrel control group in the midlands (England); we were trapping and killing them because of the damage they were doing to trees, even on nature reserves. It was a bit of a lost cause, be we felt we had to at least try to control the little buggers...
Hopefully he does his research with his usual care; there's a lot of misinformation about the Goering connection with the Heck brothers project, and a lot of omissions such as the fact the only surviving Heck cattle, from the Munich herd, were those created by Heinz Heck (an avowed anti-Nazi).
The Romans were very afraid of the Aurochs. One of the duties of units protecting convoy flanks was to watch for and kill them. Aurochs would attack the convoys, people and animals. As far as scientists can determine, the Auroch looked like the Spanish Fighting Bull except MUCH larger and just as aggressive. I strongly agree with their theory.
Well, good question. They are very comfortable in the water. They lure dogs into water so they can fight and try to drown them. Their stealth and cunning combined with physical agility with superb scent detection means no trash or pet food is safe. They don't eat crayons so they're not US Marines.
MARK FELTON! you are the the best. This reminds me of the lord of cocaine Pablo Escobar’s Colombian hippos. Now here come the real werewolves. The nazi raccoons!
From what I’ve heard the worst invasion of invasive species is in none other that Old London, they have already outnumbered the native population there!
In the US, we have a few Raccoons... But, the worst invasive species are feral pigs throughout the south, and snakes in Florida, constrictors once kept as pets.
Biting people? I live in the U.S. and grew up in an area with tons of Raccoons and never got bit. Whole groups would walk right by us at night, while my friend Tony and I were drinking beer on the tailgate of his pickup. I've had groups of Raccoons show up while camping and looking for snacks, but never bit or threatened in any way....
I'm in Poole, on the south coast of Britain. I have a vivid memory of walking home from school one day in autumn 1978 through Poole Park. When I was twelve and a bit. And seeing a red and a grey squirrel side by side. Not sure off the top of my head when the reds became endangered. But on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour there are reds. One of the few places in Britain south of Scotland where you can find them. Any grey that manages gets over there is subject to an immediate death sentence. You know how you take for granted things on your doorstep? I went to Brownsea Island back in September. For the first time in thirty years. I saw five reds. None of them staying still very long and only managed to photo one in motion from a distance. But that feeling of seeing a squirrel that wasn't grey. It was amazing.
This reminds me of two other Wildlife problems in Germany: 1) In Berlin, they had a bunch of boars invading the city, raiding trashcans, digging up gardens and graves! Hunters were not allowed to respond to the situation, as they are banned from cities. This meant that Cops were shooting them with MP5s! 2) There's a running bird, similar to the ostrich, but smaller. It's endangered in Latin America and thus a member of the protected species, but it has become invasive in Germany! Look up the Nandu...
Raccoons could rise to the top of the food chain, if it weren't for us humans. In Canada, Raccoons have been known to break into human homes, opening refrigerators, helping themselves to our food. Next thing they need to learn is farming. THEY ARE CLOSE!
I'll never forget watching a little family of raccoons crossing the road here- the biggest one (I'm guessing Papa?) ran in front of my car, and his wife and little babies waited til I stopped my car. They crossed over the road, and Papa never moved til they were all on the other side, and then he scurried off with them.
In the current brand of revised history, the Raccoons and grey squirrels etc… would be declared as always having been in Europe, with the BBC commissioning historical dramas in which the invasive species played a significant role in British history.
I live in Germany but I had no idea that raccoons (Waschbäre) were a problem here. Red squirrels regularly come to my garden and Germans have no idea that there is such a thing as a grey squirrel. In Scotland, the advance of the greys has been halted, with the reds making progress in some areas.
I always wondered why in many Hollywood movies people are afraid of squirrels, while I only knew the lovely shy delicate little European squirrels. The American grey ones are of a totally different kind. They are much larger, not shy at all and can even be agressive.
You surely must be talking about the North African geese - known for their aggressiveness and hyperbreeding! They are in the process of taking over the habitat from the local geese.
Here in Vancouver, we've also got the trash panda problem coupled with an explosion of coyotes, which only appeared here about 15 years ago. Anyone who leaves their cats or small dogs outside at night is just feeding the the invaders. The raccoons are angry, hungry and vicious, not to mention fearless. There was a disease that ran through the trash panda population 25 years ago but their numbers have recovered. In their absence, though, the skunks moved in. Nature will rule again.
We've always had lots of raccoons here in Southern Ontario, but around the same time as there we, too, started seeing coyotes. An Aussie colleague of mine was amazed to see a coyote trot through the parking lot. "Sure," he said, "we've got big spiders, but we don't have wolves roaming through parking lots..." 😂
In Canada, racoons are native animals. Yes, we too also call them "Trash Pandas". The city of Toronto, a few years ago, sponsored a contest to create a racoon proof garbage can for their green bin bio recycling program. Sealing your trash cans with bungie cords was 100% ineffective. The failure of a number of systems was front page news. They were eventually successful, and the design has spread across the country. So far, the masked little boffins haven't figured out how to get into them - yet.
In Markham (abuts T.O to the N) racoons figured out that pushing the 'Racoon Proof' containers over then jumping on the side of the container would make the latches pop open. My co-worker watched them do it one morning. The heaviest animal would climb onto the porch railing to a get a drop onto the container.
There are Emu living happily in the southern US. There was a fad regarding Emu meat a couple decades ago. The market disappeared and the farmers turned them loose.
In the US, someone wanted us to have the birds from Shakespeare’s plays here, so we have English House Sparrows, Starlings, European Goldfinch and a few others. The starlings are the most problem with the English House Sparrows replacing our native species. Australia is dealing with rabbits and cats. Numerous countries have the Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia sp) which is found on 6 of the 7 continents. The pet trade is notorious for bringing in creatures that get released and cause environmental havoc. Goering’s fumble in the raccoon coat fur trade is just one of many species that cause problems. “Trash Pandas” as they are called adapt quickly to city life.
Dont forget Australia's problem with foxes, wild dogs, rats, cane toads, Tilapia, European carp, fire ants, deer, Asian water buffalo....the list is almost endless. Such a fragile ecosystem remote from the rest of the world for so long is being devastated by introduced pests.
@ Florida is inundated with released pets, various pythons, tegu lizards, Giant African Snails, more tropical lizards. They have Fire Ants as well which cover most of the South East states.
I live in the Thuringia region and whilst driving home on a country lane I had to stop my car for a big fat Racoon staggering from one side of the road to the other as if he was drunk on good German beer. It appeared completely oblivious to me and happily stumbled down the lane in front of my car. As cute as they look they, like the dreaded “Marder”, a weasel-like animal are destroyer’s of German house insulation with the Marder being a far more Nazi-like creature taking great pleasure in destroying anything in a car engine bay that is not made out of metal. I have witnessed destruction on an incredible scale, with car engines stripped of every single cable and insulation 😅 We also have the Nutria, a cross between a rat and beaver that were apparently brought to east Germany during the communist era by the Vietnamese as a food source…poor little things are a hunted bunch! On a plus side, red squirrels are still a common site here.
I live in the US but have recently suffered wire damage from rodents in three of my vehicles. Evidence points to squirrels. Supposedly soy based wire insulation is attractive to the animals.
@@stewartmckeand6099 Funny how the Germans always seem to name their armoured vehicles after anminals! The automobile-eating rodent the Germans call "Marder" is actually called a polecat in English.
Yes, yes, Vietnames eat Nutria. Any more horror stories like that? Nutria were imported to Germany because of their fur from 1926 on. They are smaller than mink (Nerz) but equally useful. Some animals escaped a fur-farm and were first spotted as a free-living species in 1930.
I lived a lot of my life in Suffolk, so I know all about the animals you mentioned. Some "Eco-Warriors" thought it would be a good idea to release Mink from the fur farms and these Mink have also destroyed all the wildlife along the river banks. I now live in Germany and I know about the Racoons and 100's of thousands of Racoons are shot each year just in the Uckermark region north of Berlin. Also, and finally, I have heard of Wolves being sighted very close to where I live in Germany, which is quite close to the Polish border.
AMERICAN MINK: Grand Union Canal - Hertfordshire. One of the most beautiful (and deadly) species I've ever seen. A sort of giant weasel with a magnificent blue-black glossy coat. Lethal to just about every other creature on the river/canal bank - voles, moles, fish, small birds - ground zero, where it's the only inhabitant. To be killed on sight by the authorities, there's even an official American Mink telephone hotline (I didn't call it). Escaped into the wild from English fur farms, 1930s.
We had some these guys living in our front yard in Oregon a few months ago. They are all over where I'm at. Apparently, I read some raccoons thought one of those Tesla cybertrucks looked like a dumpster and they were scratching on one lol.
Hi Dr Felton, have to correct you a bit here: Raccoons rarely are actually aggressive unless you mess with a mother's babies (which makes them much like other mammalian mothers). The real danger is that A)they've been anthropomorphized into "fuzzy friendly talking woodland creatures" by cartoons, and B) they look cute and cuddly. Therefore, people think they can be petted like a dog. Unfortunately they are not dogs, but wild animals who do not have thousands of years of domestication in their background. ANY wild animal can and will bite you if you start thinking you can pet it- the biggest problem is that Terry Trash Panda has absolutely no problem living under your home, scavenging your bins, fighting any outdoor pets for kibble and filching food left out by kids. They LOVE sweets but will eat almost anything, and tolerate it. They have lots of babies as they are a prime food source for predators in the wild like bobcats, coyotes or other medium sized carnivores which are unfortunately somewhat rare in Europe. I suspect Germany better get used to Raccoons-they're notoriously resilient and adaptable survivors.
The rabbit and camel were introduced to Australia by settlers. Sea captains often left chickens, pigs and goats on islands as well as planting various trees during their voyages of discovery.
Raccoons are relatively easy to live with. Those of us in the US are used to them. Being from Florida, though, we are well aware of what invasive species can do. FWIW, the small mammal population of the Florida Everglades, including raccoons, have been severely impacted by invasive Burmese pythons. Some invasive species of fish have supplanted native species almost entirely in some rivers and lakes.
Mark; first of all, love the video as always... where you find these topics is beyond me! Secondly, it's wise to be cautious in researching the Heck Brothers and their attempted Aurochs effigy breed if you do make that video; there's a lot of misinformation about the Goering connection with the Heck brothers, and a lot of omissions such as the fact the only surviving Heck cattle, from the Munich herd, were those created by Heinz Heck (an avowed anti-Nazi). Also, the 1627 Aurochs were in Jaktorow in Poland, not Germany, and recently remains from the 1700's were found in Bulgaria... still! I'd love to see your take on the Heck's work!
Being from the Southeastern United States I know a thing or two about invasive species. We have a little thing called kudzu; a vine that was imported from the Orient decades ago. It thrives in our humid climate.
They eat my ducks. They tend to get rabies here in Virginia. The squirrels ate all my pears and most of my apples. In the southern part of USA we have a big problem with feral, escaped pigs that root up the ground and destroy crops spectacularly. Wolves, when released in the Western US tend to kill everything- Elk, deer, rabbits etc. They eventually eat one another. They destroy pests and everything else. Anti- hunters like them because they stop hunting by reducing the biomass to nothing. Frank
There are a lot of Mink in south Ireland where I once lived. They killed many of the chickens we kept. A local farmer told me it was in his words " A load of Hippies let them out in the early 1970s" He gave me a trap to catch them and I did catch one.
I think you left out mink, an animal like a cat: just kills for the hell of it, anything. The issue with greys is they are so cute with humorous antics. Someone I know thought this and thought it cruel to dispatch them, until he found they had nested in his rarely used classic car and essentially destroyed it completely. One hidden issue in the UK is feral cats. There are reckoned to be over 1 million. It's the best reason to chip your pet becasue they can be quite legally caught and culled and a chipped cat has to be released, and actual native wild cats are protected. We get dear in the garden, I don't mind them, they bark at night. They seem stupid for such a successful critter, like nesting in the middle of roundabouts. Don't know what they taste like ;-) Grey is supposed to be very good and quite gourmet, if trapped it's illegal to release them, there are restaurants round me that are friendly with local estates. Signal crayfish can be caught, good eating but again, our little island white claw is heavily protected and must be released.
The barking deer will be a muntjac. The only true native British deer is the Red. The Romans introduced the Fallow deer and the Normans brought in the Roe. The other types as Felton explained are more recent arrivals. Before the last Ice Age Reindeer and Elk also existed in Britain but were heavily hunted during the Stone Age.
Excellent last video on the current situation with the UK and Russia. Well done for speaking your mind, the majority of the country agrees with you good sir
After watching the last video about Russia attacking Britain, I am relieved Mr Felton is in touch with reality of how successive governments are crippling our country.
Here in Northern California we have gray squirrels all over the place. They get hit on the roads. As for raccoons I was followed by two raccoons as I walked home one night. I do watch James Blackwood and his raccoon diner nightly. He feeds raccoons chicken hot dogs, cream filled cookies, grapes, marshmallows and other foods.
I already knew that they have nothing to do with him. Raccoons are so invasive too, and I hope they do not make their way to Norway. They would destroy our fragile ecosystem...
Raccoons are great and I'm not even joking I had a pet, they're too smart and have opposable thumbs would not surprise me if they learn how to use keypads soon.
I don’t think it’s fair to refer to these raccoons as Nazis. Every raccoon I’ve ever met was a dedicated anarchist.
Im solidly monarchist, but to each their own!
Cute...
Nah, raccoons are clearly socialists - what's theirs is theirs, what's yours is theirs.
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Facts!
"Once a Nazi always a Nazi...." Herman Goering
"That's enough trash talk". Rocky Raccoon🦝
Rocket. Rocky was a squirrel
@wilsonj4705 But Rocky was a pilot, so he's more connected with Goering. (Joking.)
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What!? No raccoon would say "that's enough trash". Not even as part of another sentence.
Those images of raccoons in Nazi regalia are hilarious.
I knew the Abwehr was desperate for recruits, but this is beyond crazy.
Ja 😂👍
I like the one in the totenkopf officer hat. The racoons already look good with their field grey and black colors so the uniform matches perfectly
The heiling raccoon with the armband 😂
@@CHarris1066 He was pretty stylish. Lol!!
Mark Felton mixing The History Channel with Nat Geo/Animal Planet with this one 😂
I was thinking "Mutual of Omahas Wild Kingdom" without Marlin Perkins. 😅😂
He could do a follow-on episode of the damage raccoons do in Japan although that wasn't due to the fur industry. People adopted raccoons based on the animated TV series _Rascal the Raccoon_ and then dumped them when they realized they were hard to manage.
@@dlxmarks Heck, didn't know that.
@babbybailey so Jim Fowler?
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Raccoons are the least of Germany's problems.
You mean other “invasive foreign species”?
Ja
Yes, far right terrorists definitely are a bigger problem. Glad you agree!
@@OptimusPrinceps_AugustusJa wohl
@@HeliodromusScorpiojap , ihr & zwar allesamt
The area of Ireland that I live in is west of the River Shannon within the Lough Ree SAC, we have no grey squirrels here at all. A number of years ago the government reintroduced the Pine Marten, it is a natural predator to the Grey Squirrel but it is unable to catch the very nimble Red Squirrel. The Grey and Red Squirrel feed of the same food so the smaller Red Squirrel gets pushed out leaving the Grey Squirrel to dominate. The reintroduction has been very successful with the Red Squirrel starting to flourish again. I saw recently on some news story (I don't recall where) that the Welsh government are going to reintroduce the Pine Marten directly because of the success of the reintroduction here in Ireland. Thank you Dr. Felton for the high quality content, I very much enjoy watching your stories on history. Best wishes
Beware of unintended consequences !
@@johnschofield9496 the Pine marten is a native species in Ireland so hopefully all good!
The red is much lighter than the grey so can get higher into the branches of trees, out of reach of the marten.
Now they just have to deal with the kangaroos in Ireland…
There are a number of areas where Pinemartens are being released here in England. They are more prevalent in Scotland, so Reds are holding their own. Apparently there aren't enough Pinemartens to carry out large scale reintroduction. I have rece been working on the outskirts of Maidenhead and the place is infested with Greys
Thank you Dr. Felton for this item on the lighter side 😊
Here in North America Raccoons are treated with respect. There are plenty here in Southern California. My opinion is that they are smarter than most of our politicians.
At my previous home there was a racoon that raided any outdoor pet food. One night that racoon brought its kits to show where the pet food could be found. The kits only wanted to play with my son's swing and slide. We had quite a show while staying safely inside. One should never challenge a racoon without a gun, and guns are illegal to use where I have lived.
I am convinced that if Raccoons got a hold of guns they would learn how to use them.
By the way Raccoons have been known to pick simple locks
They have opposable thumbs.
We like our racoons in America because they have human like hands that can hold eggs. We used to give them eggs as a kid and watch them through the door. Probly not a good idea but whatever.
Lol dude you don't need a gun to challenge a racoon. I chased two giant racoon out of my backyard last week. They always run lol
@@AckzaTV when I lived in that previous house and we kept our pet food outside the sliding glass door, one night I discovered the racoon eating from the pet bowl. I thought I would scare the Racoon. I opened the glass door leaving only the screen door between us and yelled at the Racoon. Racoon got up on its rear legs and gave me a look. After a long stair the Racoon went back to eating.
there's a screen shot of a raccoon carrying a gun lol..."our raccoons are armed" hahahah....I worked at an animal sanctuary and they rescued injured and orphaned ones and there was one called houdini. Didn't matter how well we built his pen, he always escaped. They challenged me to escape proof one. I even put a padlock on the gate, the little b@stard got out.
They eventually stopped trying, he came and went at his leisure.
We'd travel around on atvs, "hey houdini" see him in a tree 1/2 mile from his pen. By dinner time he was back inside waiting for his supper.
Sein Name war Fred der Waschbär. Bester Freund von Erdnuß dem Eichhörnchen.
Never forget his name
Ja, Sie haben Recht und wir dürfen nie vergessen.
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never forget
The original Nazi furries.
I can't believe Furzis are real
We dont talk about them.
Oh no mark Felton liked it. He knows what a furry is 🫥
@@tobiasfunke6284furzi is farty in german
I thought furries were usually communist….
2016: Count Dankula Releases Nazi pug video.
2024: Mark Felton releases Nazi raccoon video.
Fat Electrician has one about parachuting beavers.
2016 feels like another dimension now
"Rocky Raccoon, checked into his room... only to find Mein Kampf" -The Beatles, probably.
Nah. They understood rhythm.
"🎶only to find, a copy of Mein Kampf🎶".
FTFY.
" ... only to find Himmler dying ...."
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@@boxsterman77the Beatles are the most overrated band of all time look I don't like anything Beatles but after they broke up most of them did better for themselves...but they are still garbage as a band or broke apart doesn't matter
Germany is renowned for importations which have unpleasant, unintended consequences.
They imported Hitler from Austria.
Her exports from 1939 - 1945 were rather unpleasant also.
@@brucefrytz8611And before...a bounder called Trumpf comes to mind...
@@stevetournay6103 trumpf?
@@stevetournay6103a bounder, what do you think it is the 30s
Those are economic refugee raccoons, you can’t say that
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I'm from South Louisiana and in some parishes the sheriff's still offer a bounty on Nutria(what you call Coypu). They were brought to Avery Island, Louisiana where Tabasco Sauce is produced, in 1937 to start a fur farm. Same deal, caused a lot of damage. As a kid I used to see them swimming about in ponds and other waterways.
Thanks, I have heard of Coypou’s and didn’t know they were Nutria. Those I know, being from Texas with relatives in So Texas and So Louisiana.
I live near downtown Austin, and we have a platoon-sized group that runs around our neighborhood. They break in through dog doors and help themselves to the garbage that affluent people create- a lot of wasted food. They do not bother me a bit. I put out water for them, fox, skunk, armadillos, coyotes- they are visit our yard. We do have a problem here with another invasive species here that really reduce the quality of life- Californians.
we call them trash bandits,
Nazi Trash Bandits.
We too. At 0:37.
Trash panda
Trash Panda
Yep. Used to use balloons and vinegar (cap full) with water to keep them outa our rural garbage bins.
They only tried it once or twice. 🦝 "grrrrrr"
Greetings from Leipzig!
The local city park here at night becomes "alive" with these racoons.
Just this night, during my walk through the park on the way back home - saw one plundering a city park trash can, and another one fleeing up the tree next to the trash can.
Surprised there were only two of them, they usually walk around in packs of 5-6.
They are good climbers and sleep up in the trees.
They are truly a pest here.
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As someone from Toronto, a city with a notorious raccoon problem, I can safely say this: the raccoons will win, the German government should just capitulate.
Do they shit in the street or the other invaders do that there.
I am also a Toronto native, and have to stick up for our masked furry friends. Raccoons are quite democratic, not fascist, and share the city on equal terms with other species. They usually attack garbage cans, not pets or other small animals. If Europe leaves their dumpsters open and accessible, there wont be a problem.
Vancouver seems to have a recurring racoon virus that makes the population cyclicaly plummet.
It’d seem that your city might have a much greater problem with loyal devotees of the late Yaya Sinwar.
The PM seems rather keen on allowing fans of the late Austrian painter to besiege kindergartens, synagogues, & suburban homes of late…
Raccoons are like furry roaches. Trust me...they will be around LONG after the human race has destroyed itself.
nice fantasy, mankind will be the last creature to be wiped out at any rate.
Mohammedeans too
They will be the next dominant species after we are gone.
@@OptimusPrinceps_Augustusyour suggestion being that Mohammedeans are not human.
@@deanpd3402No they do nit see others who do not follow their faith like that actually. In fact they see even each other like that as. Just look at the Shia and Suni for instance. They make the conflicts between Protestants and Catholics look like a slap fight.
Justice for Fred!
Who's Fred, bruh?
@TheFunnyDictator a pet racoon that was taken into custody by a swat team and executed.
State of New York.
Happened recently.
Domesticated raccoons can actually make very good house pets. They will use a litterbox the same as cats. They are also very clean and will wash their "hands" and food before they eat.
Nope
They aren't washing anything. They lack saliva, so they have to wet all their food to get it down.
That is why the German language found the name "Waschbär" for them, the "washing-bear".
@@DennisMHenderson Oh, please 🙏🦝
EXCEPT THEY HATE WHEN YOU CALL THEM KITTY, KITTY!!!!!! If you see them a night and can not see them clearly.
As an environmentalist and conservationist, I have to say that this video is very well done - well researched and presented.
Educating people about invasive species is really difficult (''oh look, a beaver, how cute''; ''no, it's a bloody coypu!'').
Hopefully the wolf, lynx, and jackal populations here in central Europe will expand enough to help keep racoons (and others) in check. But large scale hunting is the only short term. solution.
Back in the 1990s I was part of a grey squirrel control group in the midlands (England); we were trapping and killing them because of the damage they were doing to trees, even on nature reserves. It was a bit of a lost cause, be we felt we had to at least try to control the little buggers...
As a leftist, what is your opinion on human invasive species and the harm they cause?
@@williamwilliam5066 I'm not a leftist - quite the opposite!
Regarding human's, I will quote Big Country - ''God's great mistake''.
Justice for Fred the Racoon and Peanut the Squirrel!
I'll stay tuned for the Auroch story! Thank you, Dr. Felton!
Actually, the correct term -- both singular and plural -- is aurochs.
Hopefully he does his research with his usual care; there's a lot of misinformation about the Goering connection with the Heck brothers project, and a lot of omissions such as the fact the only surviving Heck cattle, from the Munich herd, were those created by Heinz Heck (an avowed anti-Nazi).
The Romans were very afraid of the Aurochs. One of the duties of units protecting convoy flanks was to watch for and kill them. Aurochs would attack the convoys, people and animals. As far as scientists can determine, the Auroch looked like the Spanish Fighting Bull except MUCH larger and just as aggressive. I strongly agree with their theory.
I understand Germany is being overrun but not by raccoons.
Lol take out the first three letters.😂
Muslimes.
@avega8649 that's a bingo!!
It's been overrun by ILLEGAL ECONOMIC MIGRANTS thanks to the TRAITOR Angela Merkel.
Easy comment to joke about
Question, are these raccoons Luftwaffe or Waffen SS? Or are they Heer or, somehow, Kriegsmarine?
I'm betting Kriegsmarine, they're supposed to work on rattes which are basically warships on land.
They are clearly Gestapo... Going thru your trash. 😅
Well, good question. They are very comfortable in the water. They lure dogs into water so they can fight and try to drown them. Their stealth and cunning combined with physical agility with superb scent detection means no trash or pet food is safe. They don't eat crayons so they're not US Marines.
MARK FELTON! you are the the best. This reminds me of the lord of cocaine Pablo Escobar’s Colombian hippos. Now here come the real werewolves. The nazi raccoons!
This is one of the most clever videos on the channel. Great job mark! Raccoons are fearsome creatures. A couple live in my garage right now!
From what I’ve heard the worst invasion of invasive species is in none other that Old London, they have already outnumbered the native population there!
You don't hear well do you, you bigoted piece of......
I was walking down Shaftsbury Avenue the other week and heard two people speaking English, that bought back memories of old London!
WELL at least the raccoons CAN'T sail a rubber boat from France to Dover!
In the US, we have a few Raccoons... But, the worst invasive species are feral pigs throughout the south, and snakes in Florida, constrictors once kept as pets.
Biting people? I live in the U.S. and grew up in an area with tons of Raccoons and never got bit. Whole groups would walk right by us at night, while my friend Tony and I were drinking beer on the tailgate of his pickup. I've had groups of Raccoons show up while camping and looking for snacks, but never bit or threatened in any way....
I'm in Poole, on the south coast of Britain. I have a vivid memory of walking home from school one day in autumn 1978 through Poole Park. When I was twelve and a bit. And seeing a red and a grey squirrel side by side. Not sure off the top of my head when the reds became endangered. But on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour there are reds. One of the few places in Britain south of Scotland where you can find them. Any grey that manages gets over there is subject to an immediate death sentence. You know how you take for granted things on your doorstep? I went to Brownsea Island back in September. For the first time in thirty years. I saw five reds. None of them staying still very long and only managed to photo one in motion from a distance. But that feeling of seeing a squirrel that wasn't grey. It was amazing.
The Isle of Wight has red squirrels too.
And Caldey Island off Pembrokeshire
This reminds me of two other Wildlife problems in Germany:
1) In Berlin, they had a bunch of boars invading the city, raiding trashcans, digging up gardens and graves! Hunters were not allowed to respond to the situation, as they are banned from cities. This meant that Cops were shooting them with MP5s!
2) There's a running bird, similar to the ostrich, but smaller. It's endangered in Latin America and thus a member of the protected species, but it has become invasive in Germany! Look up the Nandu...
Raccoons could rise to the top of the food chain, if it weren't for us humans. In Canada, Raccoons have been known to break into human homes, opening refrigerators, helping themselves to our food. Next thing they need to learn is farming. THEY ARE CLOSE!
I'll never forget watching a little family of raccoons crossing the road here- the biggest one (I'm guessing Papa?) ran in front of my car, and his wife and little babies waited til I stopped my car. They crossed over the road, and Papa never moved til they were all on the other side, and then he scurried off with them.
Germany has been overrun by invaders, especially in the cities.
God bless you Deutschland, from your kin 🏴
Do the Germans make the raccoons wear a little robber's mask on the clothes they wear for identification??
In the current brand of revised history, the Raccoons and grey squirrels etc… would be declared as always having been in Europe, with the BBC commissioning historical dramas in which the invasive species played a significant role in British history.
And then noone understands why John Smith is puzzled when he discovers Pocahontas' furry friend.
The story of the Earth is of continuous migration of species from one place to another. Fighting it is a bit like fighting the tide.
Nazi.
The UK has a similar problem with unwanted species being let loose into the country, but thats for other channels I guess.
Check with the Irish and see if you can hire St Patrick; he is good a driving various creatures out of the country.
Watch the full video you are commenting on.
I live in Germany but I had no idea that raccoons (Waschbäre) were a problem here. Red squirrels regularly come to my garden and Germans have no idea that there is such a thing as a grey squirrel. In Scotland, the advance of the greys has been halted, with the reds making progress in some areas.
I always wondered why in many Hollywood movies people are afraid of squirrels, while I only knew the lovely shy delicate little European squirrels. The American grey ones are of a totally different kind. They are much larger, not shy at all and can even be agressive.
We have more invasive species then only racoons
Yes, the ones wearing "nightshirts".
@@f.s.1400 here we go!
You surely must be talking about the North African geese - known for their aggressiveness and hyperbreeding!
They are in the process of taking over the habitat from the local geese.
@@TERRY-cb2ku what are nightshirts?
Im not german but is it turks?
“Goring didn’t do the crime” I could see this being taken out of context like crazy
Thank you Mark, may history be our guide to wisdom, always!
Here in Vancouver, we've also got the trash panda problem coupled with an explosion of coyotes, which only appeared here about 15 years ago. Anyone who leaves their cats or small dogs outside at night is just feeding the the invaders. The raccoons are angry, hungry and vicious, not to mention fearless.
There was a disease that ran through the trash panda population 25 years ago but their numbers have recovered. In their absence, though, the skunks moved in. Nature will rule again.
We've always had lots of raccoons here in Southern Ontario, but around the same time as there we, too, started seeing coyotes. An Aussie colleague of mine was amazed to see a coyote trot through the parking lot. "Sure," he said, "we've got big spiders, but we don't have wolves roaming through parking lots..." 😂
@@stevetournay6103 I think I'd rather face a Canadian coyote than almost any of the nasty creatures Oz has to offer. 😂
In Canada, racoons are native animals. Yes, we too also call them "Trash Pandas". The city of Toronto, a few years ago, sponsored a contest to create a racoon proof garbage can for their green bin bio recycling program. Sealing your trash cans with bungie cords was 100% ineffective.
The failure of a number of systems was front page news. They were eventually successful, and the design has spread across the country.
So far, the masked little boffins haven't figured out how to get into them - yet.
Edmonton is too damn cold for them. And the coyotes probably take care of them too.
In Markham (abuts T.O to the N) racoons figured out that pushing the 'Racoon Proof' containers over then jumping on the side of the container would make the latches pop open. My co-worker watched them do it one morning. The heaviest animal would climb onto the porch railing to a get a drop onto the container.
More please. Love your content. This is the best researched and produced history on the internet!
There are Emu living happily in the southern US. There was a fad regarding Emu meat a couple decades ago. The market disappeared and the farmers turned them loose.
Be careful, Australia lost a war against them.
At least one of them got a job selling insurance.
Fitting metaphor for a similar major problem, I just feel sorry for the victims
Two pest species invaded Deutschland BY INVITATION!
In the US, someone wanted us to have the birds from Shakespeare’s plays here, so we have English House Sparrows, Starlings, European Goldfinch and a few others. The starlings are the most problem with the English House Sparrows replacing our native species.
Australia is dealing with rabbits and cats. Numerous countries have the Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia sp) which is found on 6 of the 7 continents.
The pet trade is notorious for bringing in creatures that get released and cause environmental havoc. Goering’s fumble in the raccoon coat fur trade is just one of many species that cause problems. “Trash Pandas” as they are called adapt quickly to city life.
Dont forget Australia's problem with foxes, wild dogs, rats, cane toads, Tilapia, European carp, fire ants, deer, Asian water buffalo....the list is almost endless. Such a fragile ecosystem remote from the rest of the world for so long is being devastated by introduced pests.
@ Florida is inundated with released pets, various pythons, tegu lizards, Giant African Snails, more tropical lizards. They have Fire Ants as well which cover most of the South East states.
You can always count on an engaging video from Dr Felton.
I live in the Thuringia region and whilst driving home on a country lane I had to stop my car for a big fat Racoon staggering from one side of the road to the other as if he was drunk on good German beer. It appeared completely oblivious to me and happily stumbled down the lane in front of my car. As cute as they look they, like the dreaded “Marder”, a weasel-like animal are destroyer’s of German house insulation with the Marder being a far more Nazi-like creature taking great pleasure in destroying anything in a car engine bay that is not made out of metal. I have witnessed destruction on an incredible scale, with car engines stripped of every single cable and insulation 😅
We also have the Nutria, a cross between a rat and beaver that were apparently brought to east Germany during the communist era by the Vietnamese as a food source…poor little things are a hunted bunch!
On a plus side, red squirrels are still a common site here.
I live in the US but have recently suffered wire damage from rodents in three of my vehicles. Evidence points to squirrels. Supposedly soy based wire insulation is attractive to the animals.
>soy based wire insulation
V●ᴥ●V
Soy, Corn, Asbestos- the real Americana all along
Yes, there was another type of very destructive German Marder at one time!
@@stewartmckeand6099 Funny how the Germans always seem to name their armoured vehicles after anminals! The automobile-eating rodent the Germans call "Marder" is actually called a polecat in English.
Yes, yes, Vietnames eat Nutria. Any more horror stories like that? Nutria were imported to Germany because of their fur from 1926 on. They are smaller than mink (Nerz) but equally useful. Some animals escaped a fur-farm and were first spotted as a free-living species in 1930.
Gray squirrels are very common in Iowa as well. Every time I go out for a walk I can expect to see a couple dozen of them.
The "Prince Of The Tree Tops" is mighty good eating - both fried and cooked in brown gravy over rice. 😊
Yes, but Iowa is part of their native range, so you expect that.
Here in Texas we have tons of wild hogs they have tusks and are very dangerous if you accidentally run into a pack of them
Germany, too. Except, in Germany they are native, and in Texas they were introduced.
Your divergence from your more usual themes of late have been very entertaining
Mr Felton. Thank you.
It’s not over for the squirrels 2:50
If I lived in England l would prefer the grays to the reds. The reds have to be Commies and the grays are just good ol'Cornfederates!
I lived a lot of my life in Suffolk, so I know all about the animals you mentioned. Some "Eco-Warriors" thought it would be a good idea to release Mink from the fur farms and these Mink have also destroyed all the wildlife along the river banks. I now live in Germany and I know about the Racoons and 100's of thousands of Racoons are shot each year just in the Uckermark region north of Berlin. Also, and finally, I have heard of Wolves being sighted very close to where I live in Germany, which is quite close to the Polish border.
Nazi raccoons, vampire deer, Labour government, comrade Stalin in his brand new ,gifted coat …The End must be nigh indeed.
Nothing scarier than radicalized nocturnal animals.
Did u ever consider that maybe grey squirrels are just very old red squirrels
🤣🤣
David Attenborough + Monty Python = the latest Mark Felton video
"Norwegian Blue, beautiful plumage..."
Franklin the racoon from hlc and the marvelous mark Feltons history Channel is the crossover we never knew we all wanted.
AMERICAN MINK: Grand Union Canal - Hertfordshire. One of the most beautiful (and deadly) species I've ever seen. A sort of giant weasel with a magnificent blue-black glossy coat. Lethal to just about every other creature on the river/canal bank - voles, moles, fish, small birds - ground zero, where it's the only inhabitant. To be killed on sight by the authorities, there's even an official American Mink telephone hotline (I didn't call it). Escaped into the wild from English fur farms, 1930s.
A few rabbits brought to Australia were one of the worst ways to introduce an invasive species.
We had some these guys living in our front yard in Oregon a few months ago. They are all over where I'm at. Apparently, I read some raccoons thought one of those Tesla cybertrucks looked like a dumpster and they were scratching on one lol.
Raccoons can make your camping trip in Oregon eventful if you leave food out at night 😅😅😅
“Where I live in Norfolk in the east of England, I regularly see invasive species…”
Look Mark, that’s no way to talk about the French. 😆🇫🇷
Just because they leave France in those boats does not make them French chap 😅
Actually Americans! (Grey squirrels, coypu, airforce personnel!)
Well the number one first name in London sure isn’t Pierre….
Those parakeets in Hyde Park are insane. Same with the Grey Squirrels.
"herman, that is not what hitler meant when he said he wanted the rats replaced"
You never cease to amaze Dr. Felton. Copious thanks.
Thanks Dr. Felton!
They can be aggressive but they learn that they can get more by being cute and acting tame and conning the rubes into feeding them.
Rocky Raccoon: "This is weird, but... It explains somehow why my family keeps that portrait of the Reichmarshal in the living room." 🤔
Hi Dr Felton, have to correct you a bit here: Raccoons rarely are actually aggressive unless you mess with a mother's babies (which makes them much like other mammalian mothers). The real danger is that A)they've been anthropomorphized into "fuzzy friendly talking woodland creatures" by cartoons, and B) they look cute and cuddly. Therefore, people think they can be petted like a dog. Unfortunately they are not dogs, but wild animals who do not have thousands of years of domestication in their background. ANY wild animal can and will bite you if you start thinking you can pet it- the biggest problem is that Terry Trash Panda has absolutely no problem living under your home, scavenging your bins, fighting any outdoor pets for kibble and filching food left out by kids. They LOVE sweets but will eat almost anything, and tolerate it. They have lots of babies as they are a prime food source for predators in the wild like bobcats, coyotes or other medium sized carnivores which are unfortunately somewhat rare in Europe. I suspect Germany better get used to Raccoons-they're notoriously resilient and adaptable survivors.
The first 50 seconds sounds like History Channel at 3 AM or an April Fools joke thank you Dr. Felton for making my day better 😂😂😂
The rabbit and camel were introduced to Australia by settlers.
Sea captains often left chickens, pigs and goats on islands as well as planting various trees during their voyages of discovery.
Dr Mark Felton Attenborough,.. brilliant! :)
*as entertaining as the hilarious Mark Felton parodies that happily exist. Good on ya for being a good sport, and thanks for making me smile today🤙🤙
Raccoons are relatively easy to live with. Those of us in the US are used to them.
Being from Florida, though, we are well aware of what invasive species can do.
FWIW, the small mammal population of the Florida Everglades, including raccoons, have been severely impacted by invasive Burmese pythons.
Some invasive species of fish have supplanted native species almost entirely in some rivers and lakes.
Dr Felton leaves room or teaser for future content. Their is always a story within a story.
The city of Madison, Alabama has a minor league baseball team called the Rocket City Trash Pandas! Thanks for another great video, sir!
The crunchiness of the music at 1:03 is too perfect. XD
😂 I laughed so hard lol
The real problem is: They are overrated, cooked or fried. Very mediocre taste. But I never tried them on a grill.
They make nice hats and car antenna ornaments also.
Mark; first of all, love the video as always... where you find these topics is beyond me! Secondly, it's wise to be cautious in researching the Heck Brothers and their attempted Aurochs effigy breed if you do make that video; there's a lot of misinformation about the Goering connection with the Heck brothers, and a lot of omissions such as the fact the only surviving Heck cattle, from the Munich herd, were those created by Heinz Heck (an avowed anti-Nazi). Also, the 1627 Aurochs were in Jaktorow in Poland, not Germany, and recently remains from the 1700's were found in Bulgaria... still! I'd love to see your take on the Heck's work!
"Crime against ecology". Priceless.
No mention of the 1945 release of NAZI Werewolfs. I understand their population is growing at an alarming rate.
Being from the Southeastern United States I know a thing or two about invasive species. We have a little thing called kudzu; a vine that was imported from the Orient decades ago. It thrives in our humid climate.
Goat food!
I never thought I'd hear Mark Felton say "trash panda."
The gray squirrels are pulling an Uno reverse card on the whole British colonization thing.
They eat my ducks. They tend to get rabies here in Virginia.
The squirrels ate all my pears and most of my apples.
In the southern part of USA we have a big problem with feral, escaped pigs that root up the ground and destroy crops spectacularly.
Wolves, when released in the Western US tend to kill everything- Elk, deer, rabbits etc. They eventually eat one another. They destroy pests and everything else. Anti- hunters like them because they stop hunting by reducing the biomass to nothing.
Frank
There are a lot of Mink in south Ireland where I once lived. They killed many of the chickens we kept. A local farmer told me it was in his words " A load of Hippies let them out in the early 1970s" He gave me a trap to catch them and I did catch one.
I think you left out mink, an animal like a cat: just kills for the hell of it, anything. The issue with greys is they are so cute with humorous antics. Someone I know thought this and thought it cruel to dispatch them, until he found they had nested in his rarely used classic car and essentially destroyed it completely. One hidden issue in the UK is feral cats. There are reckoned to be over 1 million. It's the best reason to chip your pet becasue they can be quite legally caught and culled and a chipped cat has to be released, and actual native wild cats are protected. We get dear in the garden, I don't mind them, they bark at night. They seem stupid for such a successful critter, like nesting in the middle of roundabouts. Don't know what they taste like ;-) Grey is supposed to be very good and quite gourmet, if trapped it's illegal to release them, there are restaurants round me that are friendly with local estates. Signal crayfish can be caught, good eating but again, our little island white claw is heavily protected and must be released.
The barking deer will be a muntjac. The only true native British deer is the Red.
The Romans introduced the Fallow deer and the Normans brought in the Roe.
The other types as Felton explained are more recent arrivals. Before the last Ice Age Reindeer and Elk also existed in Britain but were heavily hunted during the Stone Age.
Excellent last video on the current situation with the UK and Russia. Well done for speaking your mind, the majority of the country agrees with you good sir
And thus, the super adolf tanooki suit was created
The racoons' worst offense for the Germans is that they keep messing up the Müll.
After watching the last video about Russia attacking Britain, I am relieved Mr Felton is in touch with reality of how successive governments are crippling our country.
Here in Northern California we have gray squirrels all over the place. They get hit on the roads. As for raccoons I was followed by two raccoons as I walked home one night. I do watch James Blackwood and his raccoon diner nightly. He feeds raccoons chicken hot dogs, cream filled cookies, grapes, marshmallows and other foods.
I already knew that they have nothing to do with him. Raccoons are so invasive too, and I hope they do not make their way to Norway. They would destroy our fragile ecosystem...
Fegelein had just one job.. one..
Just waiting for this racoon thing to come up on Hitler Rants channel
That’s why Hitler wanted to see him at wars end I’m guessing
Fegelein - Antics Master
Fegelein, Fegelein, bringt mir Fegelein.
The infamous Nazi Operation Waschbär. The images in the video are hilarious. Little fuzzy fellows with red arm bands😅😂
Raccoons are great and I'm not even joking I had a pet, they're too smart and have opposable thumbs would not surprise me if they learn how to use keypads soon.
Many unfamiliar with raccoons are often shocked just how intelligence they are and what they can figure out.
and fearless,
not necessary aggressive
@@jeebusk I've had them walk right by me not paying me any mine with not a care in the world