Happy Raccoon Day !
Just sharing this little guy along with his friend Maggie Magpie for #raccoonappreciationday. This is part of a story I'm currently revising to submit to publishers.
Here are a few fun facts about raccoons ->
Raccoons seem to wash their food before dining. This is because they have extra sensitive nerves on the fingers of their front paws. When they forage for food in water, they feel around with their paws to gather sensory information.
Raccoons make their dens in the ground, hollow trees, or crevices in rocks. In more urban areas, they venture into homes and make dens in attics, chimneys, and crawl spaces underneath houses.
Raccoons are known for their bandit-like dark face masks. One theory for why raccoons have masks is that the distinctive dark markings help deflect the sun’s glare and also may enhance night vision.
They are intelligent animals. The raccoons were shown a cylinder filled with water containing a marshmallow that was too low to grasp. Then, the researchers demonstrated that if they dropped pebbles into the cylinder, the water level would rise so that the treat was within the raccoons' grasp. Two raccoons learned how to drop stones to get the treat. A third found an even easier way: she tipped over the tube to access the marshmallow more quickly.
Raccoons have five toes on their front and back paws. Their forepaws are particularly dexterous and actually look and work like slender human hands. That’s why they seem to be able to get into pretty much anywhere and are easily able to lift the tops off garbage cans and open all sorts of containers.
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