PartySick 174,207 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 With dexterous childlike hands and cheeky “masks,” raccoons are North America’s ubiquitous backyard bandits. The critters are so comfortable in human environments, in fact, that a new study finds that raccoons living in urban areas are physically changing in response to life around humans—an early step in domestication. The study lays out the case that the domestication process is often wrongly thought of as initiated by humans—with people capturing and selectively breeding wild animals. But the study authors claim that the process begins much earlier, when animals become habituated to human environments. X Tl;dr - shorter snouts, floppier ears, and white patches on their fur develop with better temperaments and lessened "fight or flight" instincts, just like early dogs and cats which both came to be major companion animals for us. The study is from last November but it's a cute little read Who wants a trash panda?! Whimsical bitch 2 5 16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTELLA 29,898 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 2 minutes ago, PartySick said: Who wants a trash panda?! 3 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 174,207 Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 Just now, NUTELLA said: I love this show Whimsical bitch Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peggyhill 2,168 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 This is, by far, the best news of the year as seen on tv 1 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 31,480 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) They are sooooo cute Edited April 14 by Lucas edit: mispelled "sooooo" 2 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,977 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 They still need to be vaccinated for Rabies tho yup yup. Maybe this process make it easier for them to get one. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ⁱᵐ'ᵐᵃ ʰⁱᵗ ᵈᵉᶠʳᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ʸᵃ, ˡᵉᵗ'ˢ ᵍᵉᵗ ⁱᵗ ᵇˡᵃᶻⁱⁿᵍ﹗ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killa 18,889 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 He's so cute. I don't care Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilia Malinin 3,081 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 i've always wanted a pet raccoon this is incredible news everyone keeps saying "oh, he's back, he's back!" but the truth is i never left! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Breast 6,772 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I'm sad we don't have em here i dont care if they could be dangerous just LOOK AT EM In the fаg show Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaUniverse 4,621 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 There’s a channel I got introduced to during the pandemic, it’s a channel where an elderly guy comes out on his porch and feeds and sits with the nightly raccoons. It’s quite wholesome 1# Samoyed Stan 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lextyr97 20,835 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I would adopt one tomorrow if I could Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco 27,576 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I've seen similar said about foxes in the UK We're all getting trash babies The gays know how to party 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 174,207 Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 1 minute ago, Bronco said: I've seen similar said about foxes in the UK We're all getting trash babies This article mentions foxes too. I've seen it said they can be raised alongside dogs pretty successfully already Side note, I love that humans' first instinct with animals, especially smaller mammals, is ALWAYS "I want to pet and love that thing forever". Really shows the softer side of our own species. Whimsical bitch 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Lovers 7,802 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 16 minutes ago, spookytanooki said: This is, by far, the best news of the year It's really not. This is going to in the end wind up being quite destructive to their populations. As cute as they are and as much as even I would love to have one, this is not really positive news for them as a species. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandyFinest 953 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 okkkkkkkk Bradley Cooper(s) Hey Ariana, what's MJ? https://youtu.be/xF-XLOYVrUw?si=T9TAr6-HLD_ZWmUy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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