Plus an M1, S2 and P30.
My 2 coons are still out back in their enclosure. Had them out yesterday playing with them.
I haven’t seen any local raccoons since 2 of them were bitch-slapping each other over who gets to eat the leftover catfood I put out for the cats.
My daughter encountered raccoon pups for the first time the other night, 3 of them! She thought they would be fun to pet until 2 of the stood side by side and growled at her! One hid between a sliding screen door and the glass walk in door, tail hanging out and standing up. She about laughed herself silly because you could almost see the whole thing… She did pet it’s tail!
They are scavengers.
Raccoons here just tend to waddle off if disturbed.
I was able to pet a few opossums when I had ’em cornered. And yeah, they stiffened up like dead. 
Soft, though.
One of the Angry Squirrels here was too busy filling his face on peanuts I was giving him, that I was able to keep foofing his tail over and over. On video, too. I’d foof him, he’d turn and growl at me, try biting me, then immediately turn away and keep eating. Foof his tail again, and again, turn/growl/bite. Over and over.
And a cow-orker thought I was nuts…
Raccoons are getting more common in The Netherlands during the last 10 years. Neighboring Germany has a population of 1.5 million, the population started in the thirties when north-american raccoons were released in nazi-Germany for hunting. But in the Netherlands they are sofar limited to less than hundred, and there is a practice of capturing as many as possible because it is not a native species.
It’s quite amazing how nature is such a delicate balance.
Yeah, one coon goes missing on this forum and all he// breaks loose. 
Yup, mankind has done quite a job of scattering invasive species around the globe when he thought he was smarter than mother nature.
Great stuff for fiction, although far from truth.
If humans are like a virus or plaque on the world, then philosophically one who murders large numbers of humans is doing a good deed. If one could kill six billion, he’d be the most virtuous man in history.
Likely you’ll find that quote had it’s roots in an actual biological debate.
Populations have 2 potential growth curves. An S and a J. In an S-curve the population increases until it reaches that level supported by the environment and then it plateau’s. In a J-curve the population keeps growing until the environment is overwhelmed and the population crashes as finite resource become scarce. Only two types of species have exhibited J-curve behaviour…… humans and viruses.
Just shows you the level of though that went into those movies…… mind you the debate went over the heads of about 99.9999….% of the audience, but I appreciated it being there.
Sounds like someone created drama here, and that someone was not a biologist.
A virus follows a simple S-curve, as do humans, the j is simply the first part of the S, in all growth situations resources run out eventually, although humans manage to stretch their resources quite a bit 
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And populations of many animals collapse after growth periods, nothing unique about that.
Between the matrix and mad max, I would have a hard time picking.
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Always with the negative waves…
Raven taking a break from her walk. My 13 y/o had his out in the cow pasture.
Pluck it stinkin forum won’t let me post pics
It is not the forum but imgur giving you a hard time giving the correct link. I never found it in the app-version, just in desktopsite modus. Here’s your pic:
@neo71665:
If available, use Imgur's "direct link."
Also, nice looking raccoon!
Crap. I tried the img link and direct link. Neither worked last night.
Shes a handful when she doesn’t get her way or gets scared. Nothing like 20 lbs of muscle climbing up your leg to get on your shoulder to complain.
My son’s (Sally) is way more laid back.