I thought for sure it was being sensationalized when I first heard the headline, but nope, the actual story is exactly what it says on the tin. The raccoon being passed out by the toilet is the...
I thought for sure it was being sensationalized when I first heard the headline, but nope, the actual story is exactly what it says on the tin. The raccoon being passed out by the toilet is the cherry on top.
Poor critter. I was happy to read that it sobered up and was released. I am intrigued.
Poor critter. I was happy to read that it sobered up and was released.
In Turkey, an obviously intoxicated brown bear cub was rescued from a forest by people after eating “mad honey”, or deli bal in Turkish – a substance produced in small quantities by beekeepers in the Kaçkar mountains above the Black Sea, where rhododendrons produce a potent neurotoxin and the honey that bees produce from it can induce a mildly hallucinogenic or euphoric state.
!!! I want this so badly!! Please give me fully domesticated raccoons.
Raccoons have adapted to living in urban areas to such an extent that they are now showing physical changes that resemble early signs of domestication, a recent study found.
Their snouts have become shorter than raccoons living in wild environments – a trait that domesticated animals tend to develop. Other traits are smaller teeth, curlier tails, smaller brains and floppier ears.
!!! I want this so badly!!
Please give me fully domesticated raccoons.
I don't know, Kale, we don't even have fully domesticated cats yet. They self domesticated to hang out with us for food and shelter but can go back to being feral in one generation. Raccoons might...
I don't know, Kale, we don't even have fully domesticated cats yet. They self domesticated to hang out with us for food and shelter but can go back to being feral in one generation. Raccoons might be like that for the next several thousand years
I like to think cats domesticated us instead. They've done a good job at training us to be their servants! That said, I don't mind raccoons going that direction. If it gets to a point where we can...
I like to think cats domesticated us instead. They've done a good job at training us to be their servants!
That said, I don't mind raccoons going that direction. If it gets to a point where we can train them, they could make really good service animals since they can actually pick stuff up!
I’m internally laughing at the potential for naughty activities having a household animal with hands. You’d have to lock up all your food and provide a lot of enriching activities. Totally worth...
I’m internally laughing at the potential for naughty activities having a household animal with hands.
You’d have to lock up all your food and provide a lot of enriching activities.
Totally worth it to keep a trash panda as a pet though.
:( Guess I’m going to carve into my gravestone “I’ll give a thumbs up when we domesticate the raccoons” Super cool article, it was a pleasure to read. I fucking love cats.
:(
Guess I’m going to carve into my gravestone “I’ll give a thumbs up when we domesticate the raccoons”
Super cool article, it was a pleasure to read. I fucking love cats.
I feel judged. I resemble this Raccoon more than I want to admit.
“After a few hours of sleep and zero signs of injury (other than maybe a hangover and poor life choices), he was safely released back to the wild, hopefully having learned that breaking and entering is not the answer,” the agency said.
I feel judged. I resemble this Raccoon more than I want to admit.
Loved this bit:
That cow owes him money
I wish the "news" media would take note of this... this is the actual news we need more of!
I thought for sure it was being sensationalized when I first heard the headline, but nope, the actual story is exactly what it says on the tin. The raccoon being passed out by the toilet is the cherry on top.
By the toilet oof
Agreed, this is the kind of news I want to hear
Poor critter. I was happy to read that it sobered up and was released.
I am intrigued.
I wouldn't mind sampling this for science.
[noise] RimWorld type-beat
Cheeky bugger even made it to the porcelain altar!
Update: Merch commemorating drunk Virginia raccoon raises over $250,000 for animal shelter
!!! I want this so badly!!
Please give me fully domesticated raccoons.
I don't know, Kale, we don't even have fully domesticated cats yet. They self domesticated to hang out with us for food and shelter but can go back to being feral in one generation. Raccoons might be like that for the next several thousand years
I like to think cats domesticated us instead. They've done a good job at training us to be their servants!
That said, I don't mind raccoons going that direction. If it gets to a point where we can train them, they could make really good service animals since they can actually pick stuff up!
I’m internally laughing at the potential for naughty activities having a household animal with hands.
You’d have to lock up all your food and provide a lot of enriching activities.
Totally worth it to keep a trash panda as a pet though.
:(
Guess I’m going to carve into my gravestone “I’ll give a thumbs up when we domesticate the raccoons”
Super cool article, it was a pleasure to read. I fucking love cats.
Well, not as a pet within our lifetimes, living under our thumbs. But, what about side by side as a friend?. Aye, we could probably do that.
Aye, I eye eye eye
Thanks for reminding me of the legless Lego Legolas' Lego lass meme as well. Good times.
I feel judged. I resemble this Raccoon more than I want to admit.