Raccoon Update VIII - All Are Welcome In The Critter Cafe!

I am indeed most indebted for the Chairs indulgence in this matter, and ackknowlege with due deference, our esteemed colleagues reply. May I take leave to commend her statement to the House.


____________
Damsel Rescuer, Uli Devotee, Julie Supporter, ES99 survivor,
Raccoon Friend, Anniet fan, PETA, IFAW, Humane Soc.

Relaxing in the sun
____________
It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues

Hey It's Me, Angela, I've been transformed into a Raccoon... HELP!!
____________
My Facebook, War Commander, Under Dog

Warning: extreme cuteness within.

Kitty vs a scary thing.
____________

Hey It's Me, Angela, I've been transformed into a Raccoon... HELP!!

Hey It's Me, Angela, I've been transformed into a Raccoon... HELP!!

You say that like it is a bad thing...

This is a good one.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/05/11/dnt.dog.nurses.baby.raccoon.KTVI

Steve
____________
Warning, addicted to SETI crunching!
Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group.
GPUUG Website

I am not certain, but I think my wildlife webcam caught a beaver last night. It looks sort of like a raccoon, but it seems to have a flat tail. I didn't know there were any beavers within a mile of here. Here is the clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0DHrtMdn98

Steve
____________
Warning, addicted to SETI crunching!
Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group.
GPUUG Website

It isn't very long so here's something I found.
Raccoon plays the harp
____________
My Facebook, War Commander, Under Dog

This is a good one.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/05/11/dnt.dog.nurses.baby.raccoon.KTVI

Steve

Angela's Mom sent me some video of Angela as a child.
I'll let you decide which one is Angela.
____________

Great videos all! Thank you!

The pink one, I suppose.....LOL.

Angela, you have been with raccoons longer than I have been with snakes. I didn't start until I was 8. That was an excellent video!

Steve
____________
Warning, addicted to SETI crunching!
Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group.
GPUUG Website

While of course that is not the real me in that video, growing up I did have raccoon encounters. I grew up in the Oakland hills and my dad used to feed a raccoon who frequented our backyard. The raccoon's name was Bandit. Every evening my dad would put a pie plate full of table scraps out for Bandit. I would stand with my nose pressed to the sliding glass door of our family room with my brother John, my sister Andrea and my baby brother Mark. We would all watch Bandit enjoy his dinner. Bandit was quite tame, but my dad still never allowed any of us kids outside in the backyard when it was Bandit's dinner time. Looking back, Bandit probably was a male, as there were never any babies. Bandit came nightly for a few years, then we never saw him again. There never was a raccoon replacement when he, presumably, passed away so I guess he was just a lone male.

Raccoon feeding... nature or nurture?

While of course that is not the real me in that video, growing up I did have raccoon encounters. I grew up in the Oakland hills and my dad used to feed a raccoon who frequented our backyard. The raccoon's name was Bandit. Every evening my dad would put a pie plate full of table scraps out for Bandit. I would stand with my nose pressed to the sliding glass door of our family room with my brother John, my sister Andrea and my baby brother Mark. We would all watch Bandit enjoy his dinner. Bandit was quite tame, but my dad still never allowed any of us kids outside in the backyard when it was Bandit's dinner time. Looking back, Bandit probably was a male, as there were never any babies. Bandit came nightly for a few years, then we never saw him again. There never was a raccoon replacement when he, presumably, passed away so I guess he was just a lone male.

Raccoon feeding... nature or nurture?