we should let them into our homes and into our hearts
:comrade-raccoon:
From what I understand, in Japan there was an anime about a raccoon and it led to raccoons becoming a popular imported pet because everyone thought they were so kawaii.
Anyway when they reach adulthood they turn into huge assholes and fuck everything up so a bunch of people released them into the wild and now they’re an invasive species running around knocking Japanese trash bins over all night
Well they have tanukis natively but now they have an the American raccoon as an invasive species chillin with their big balled cousins
Disclaimer: I have no idea if they’re in anyway related but I like it as a head cannon
raccoons are the only thing that make me wish i lived in america
they are so adorable
my mind is reeling becasue it has never occurred to me before that not everywhere has raccoons
Europe gets hedgehogs, North America gets raccoons, it's like Pokemon Red and Blue
They really are pretty adorable, they eat all my strawberries tho...
And I'd let you. I actually caught one in the act but I couldn't stop them, it was just so damn cute. MFer was savouring it, it was a sight to behold
They're animals, not people. Artificial selection of animals is fine.
If you would let a crust punk sleep on your couch, why not a raccoon?
So, my dad's hillbilly cousins adopted a few baby raccoons over the years when he was a kid. The universal experience was that when the raccoon was a juvenile, it was cute and cuddly though very energetic. My grandma liked to tell the story about one baby raccoon running circles around her and grandpa's bed--not by running on the floor, but by running across the mattress, then clinging with its claws to the bedframe under the mattress, then over the bed again, then upside down under it again, over and over and over. So they were fun, but chaotic. But when they grew up they got MEAN. They weren't safe to be around, so they always ended up releasing them. I suppose you could try doing a long term breeding program like that guy did with foxes, but I'm here to tell you that just trying to get a baby raccoon and raising it by hand is not going to get you a loyal pet. Those little fuckers are wild animals, no matter how cute they are.
Also: Baylisascaris procyonis
I'd still be scared of the worms, honestly. I know other domesticated animals carry parasites, but that one is particularly scary to me. (Also maybe I've chased the little shits out of too many campsites. If I tried to snuggle one--even a domesticated one!--I think I'd be scared the whole time that they'd eat my face.)
Baylisascaris procyonis is really widespread in wild raccoon populations. It's not dangerous in most situations where you're not around their feces, but if you're unlucky enough to have a raccoon get into your attic through the soffit, for example, you've got a major problem on your hands. The worms aren't easy to treat, and they can cause serious neurological and vision problems. Anyway, I'm torn on racoons, because they're mostly cute, but they're also diseased and mean! I'd need a lot of reassurance before I'd get one as a pet.
Nah raccoons like startin shit with their little fingers
I'm in possum gang
animal colonialism is "civilizing" wild animals that don't want anything to do with humans
Wow, a cat that was in middle school? RIP to your smart boi or girl.
Friends and my gf in high school had pet racoons. They fun but their shit is a pain in the ass and they scratch sometimes
My partner and I needed a break from the news the other night and found a channel on YouTube where this Canadian guy feeds hotdogs to like 30 raccoons. It was delightful, and so was the gentleman
I know this one too , they are so cute with their little paws....
He even does updates on his cats. Such a genuine nice man
https://www.youtube.com/user/vjamb
This has also reminded me of my favorite Dinosaur Comics, wherein T-Rex has some trouble with his raccoon and cephalopod neighbors. "We were not meant to be!"
No animal 'wants' to be domesticated. Domestication is eugenics performed on animals against their consent, since no wild animal would want to be neutered just because it doesnt nuzzle up to you.
As a member of Anti-Human-Aktion I call for the immediate liberation of all pets and other animals kept for food, hair, leather, work etc.
No animal ‘wants’ to be domesticated.
Not true. Cats domesticated themselves. When humans invented agriculture, cats started hanging around grain silos because they would attract mice and would generally be warmer than outside. They took one look at us and were like "Yeah...you're all right...I guess." and we thought the same of them.
Literally no they're not.
(sociology, biology) A social philosophy or practice which advocates the improvement of human hereditary qualities through selective breeding, either by encouraging people with good genetic qualities to reproduce (positive eugenics), or discouraging people with bad genetic qualities from reproducing (negative eugenics), or by technological means.
Yes. You can't detach the concept of eugenics from humanity and human society.
No, it's not. Concepts of race and disability don't apply to selective breeding in animals. Policies of eugenics involve controlling humans and human behavior.
They're misusing the word to try to draw a false equivalence between selective breeding in animals and crimes against humanity like mass sterilization programs of oppressed peoples and genocides.
There's a subset of vegans who love to do this shit.
