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

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Chris S Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Nov 00 Posts: 40557 Credit: 41,375,387 RAC: 591	Message 1105243 - Posted: 11 May 2011, 18:03:03 UTC 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. Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well, I have others. Groucho Marx 1895-1977 I also have mine, and if you don't like them ... tough, live with it. Chris S 2017 Member of UCB Charter Hill Society ID: 1105243 ·

John Clark Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0	Message 1105263 - Posted: 11 May 2011, 20:49:20 UTC Relaxing in the sun It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues ID: 1105263 ·

zoom314 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 60546 Credit: 45,157,910 RAC: 5,564	Message 1105275 - Posted: 11 May 2011, 21:15:49 UTC Hey It's Me, Angela, I've been transformed into a Raccoon... HELP!! ID: 1105275 ·

aka_Sam Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 1 Aug 07 Posts: 471 Credit: 1,637,878 RAC: 0	Message 1105287 - Posted: 11 May 2011, 22:15:43 UTC Warning: extreme cuteness within. Kitty vs a scary thing. ID: 1105287 ·

Angela Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 12902 Credit: 28,115,684 RAC: 26,448	Message 1105346 - Posted: 12 May 2011, 4:34:40 UTC Hey It's Me, Angela, I've been transformed into a Raccoon... HELP!! You say that like it is a bad thing... ID: 1105346 ·

zoom314 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 60546 Credit: 45,157,910 RAC: 5,564	Message 1105348 - Posted: 12 May 2011, 5:09:44 UTC - in response to Message 1105346. Hey It's Me, Angela, I've been transformed into a Raccoon... HELP!! You say that like it is a bad thing... Maybe I should have said Eric? No harm done. ID: 1105348 ·

SciManStev Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6330 Credit: 109,260,640 RAC: 393	Message 1105566 - Posted: 12 May 2011, 23:14:06 UTC Last modified: 12 May 2011, 23:15:30 UTC 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 ID: 1105566 ·

SciManStev Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6330 Credit: 109,260,640 RAC: 393	Message 1105573 - Posted: 13 May 2011, 0:11:51 UTC 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 ID: 1105573 ·

zoom314 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 60546 Credit: 45,157,910 RAC: 5,564	Message 1105574 - Posted: 13 May 2011, 0:24:07 UTC It isn't very long so here's something I found. Raccoon plays the harp ID: 1105574 ·

zoom314 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 60546 Credit: 45,157,910 RAC: 5,564	Message 1105576 - Posted: 13 May 2011, 0:25:54 UTC - in response to Message 1105566. This is a good one. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/05/11/dnt.dog.nurses.baby.raccoon.KTVI Steve Yeah I saw that on the local news, Good find though. ID: 1105576 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 50015 Credit: 923,754,925 RAC: 171,320	Message 1106054 - Posted: 14 May 2011, 8:32:59 UTC - in response to Message 1105287. One of the best kitty vids of all time......... Very well done.......meow. Happy is the person who shares their life with a cat. (Or two or three or........) =^.^= Have made friends here. Most were cats. ID: 1106054 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 50015 Credit: 923,754,925 RAC: 171,320	Message 1106069 - Posted: 14 May 2011, 9:40:37 UTC Last modified: 14 May 2011, 9:42:52 UTC LOL....... They're COMING....... Repost of aka_Sam's find. Happy is the person who shares their life with a cat. (Or two or three or........) =^.^= Have made friends here. Most were cats. ID: 1106069 ·

Eric Korpela Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project scientist Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 1300 Credit: 25,057,405 RAC: 28,427	Message 1106177 - Posted: 14 May 2011, 17:17:01 UTC Angela's Mom sent me some video of Angela as a child. I'll let you decide which one is Angela. @SETIEric ID: 1106177 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 50015 Credit: 923,754,925 RAC: 171,320	Message 1106187 - Posted: 14 May 2011, 18:33:20 UTC - in response to Message 1106177. Angela's Mom sent me some video of Angela as a child. I'll let you decide which one is Angela. The pink one, I suppose.....LOL. Happy is the person who shares their life with a cat. (Or two or three or........) =^.^= Have made friends here. Most were cats. ID: 1106187 ·

Angela Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 12902 Credit: 28,115,684 RAC: 26,448	Message 1106200 - Posted: 14 May 2011, 19:27:22 UTC Great videos all! Thank you! The pink one, I suppose.....LOL. Nope, my hair is curly. I am one of the raccoons, of course. ID: 1106200 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 50015 Credit: 923,754,925 RAC: 171,320	Message 1106203 - Posted: 14 May 2011, 19:30:51 UTC - in response to Message 1106200. Great videos all! Thank you! The pink one, I suppose.....LOL. Nope, my hair is curly. I am one of the raccoons, of course. Have to ask Eric....... He can verify the pinkies......... LOL. Happy is the person who shares their life with a cat. (Or two or three or........) =^.^= Have made friends here. Most were cats. ID: 1106203 ·

SciManStev Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6330 Credit: 109,260,640 RAC: 393	Message 1106216 - Posted: 14 May 2011, 20:25:50 UTC 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 ID: 1106216 ·

Angela Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 12902 Credit: 28,115,684 RAC: 26,448	Message 1106284 - Posted: 15 May 2011, 0:21:16 UTC 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? ID: 1106284 ·

zoom314 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 60546 Credit: 45,157,910 RAC: 5,564	Message 1106285 - Posted: 15 May 2011, 0:24:47 UTC - in response to Message 1106284. 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? If there'd been others, Some could have been: Smokey, Snowman ID: 1106285 ·

Ptar Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 171 Credit: 14,650,292 RAC: 10,629	Message 1106498 - Posted: 15 May 2011, 17:33:37 UTC Last modified: 15 May 2011, 17:35:33 UTC Hi Angela <sorry to jump into the conversation> Thought you might be interested in this - if you haven't seen it already: research at York University on the territories and movement of raccoons in Toronto. CBC in February (repeated in April, when I saw it) aired a documentary called "Raccoon Nation" based on the York U research. The 45 minute doc is here (after 15 seconds of ads): CBC Raccoon Nation It is a fascinating piece! A written summary of the documentary, with the names and links to the researchers is here: York University researchers ID: 1106498 ·

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