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Message 1892955 - Posted: 2 Oct 2017, 15:37:22 UTC - in response to Message 1892693.  

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2017/09/29/Floor-cleaning-raccoons-surprise-diners-at-Mexican-cafe/7141506709927/?utm_source=fp&utm_campaign=ts&utm_medium=12
Floor-cleaning raccoons surprise diners at Mexican cafe

It's a good thing I wasn't there. I'd have fed them from my plate. :-(
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Message 1893317 - Posted: 5 Oct 2017, 3:59:13 UTC

I have been teaching the raccoon kits to stand on their hind legs on verbal and gestural command. Standing on their hind legs is a behavior raccoons do naturally when they are curious about something or when they are trying to see something that is out of their field of view.

Raccoons do not stand up on their hind legs frequently enough for me to reinforce the entire behavior, so I have had to shape and reinforce the behavior that I want in five steps:

1. nose up on verbal and gestural command, visually following a peanut

2. nose and one paw up on verbal and gestural command, visually following a peanut

3. nose and two paws a little up on verbal and gestural command, visually following a peanut

4. full hind leg stand on verbal and gestural command, visually following a peanut

5. full hind leg stand on verbal and gestural command without seeing a peanut

Walnut Baily is on step 4 and he got there in two nights. He is a boy, by the way. It is pretty easy to tell the sex of a raccoon when a raccoon is standing on hind legs

Brazilnut Bjorn got to step 4 in three nights. He is also a boy.

Peanut, the mama, is barely at step 4, as of tonight.

Hazelnut Tanooki has been keeping her distance. She (I am assuming she is a "she") rarely comes out from under the deck when I am sitting on the back porch step. She is at step - - -1. I am simply reinforcing her for showing herself! Before I can train her to stand on her hind legs, she needs to be comfortable standing close to me on four paws. If she pokes her head out from under the deck, I toss her a peanut.

Macademia Bobo is super shy. So far he has trained me to feed him peanuts under the deck!
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Message 1893319 - Posted: 5 Oct 2017, 4:00:31 UTC - in response to Message 1893317.  

P.S. My avatar is Bravesy, a raccoon kit from many litters ago. This is what raccoon kits look like when they stand on their hind legs.
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Message 1893348 - Posted: 5 Oct 2017, 11:41:22 UTC - in response to Message 1893317.  

I have been teaching the raccoon kits to stand on their hind legs on verbal and gestural command. Standing on their hind legs is a behavior raccoons do naturally when they are curious about something or when they are trying to see something that is out of their field of view.

My rabbits do that sort of thing too, occasionally. It's called periscoping.
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Message 1893357 - Posted: 5 Oct 2017, 13:10:38 UTC

So, who's more nuts?
The raccoons with the nutzy names following peanuts?
Or our dear CRL playing with the peanuts?
LOL.

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Message 1893360 - Posted: 5 Oct 2017, 13:25:57 UTC - in response to Message 1893348.  

I have been teaching the raccoon kits to stand on their hind legs on verbal and gestural command. Standing on their hind legs is a behavior raccoons do naturally when they are curious about something or when they are trying to see something that is out of their field of view.

My rabbits do that sort of thing too, occasionally. It's called periscoping.

It could almost also be called, bipedalism, almost.
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Message 1893373 - Posted: 5 Oct 2017, 15:03:34 UTC - in response to Message 1893317.  

I have been teaching the raccoon kits to stand on their hind legs on verbal and gestural command. Standing on their hind legs is a behavior raccoons do naturally when they are curious about something or when they are trying to see something that is out of their field of view.


I hope you'll have Eric video record you doing this and then post it where we can see it. I'd love to see it.
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Message 1893380 - Posted: 5 Oct 2017, 16:56:27 UTC

In Cambodia rats are used to smell landmines. The French photographer Simon Guillemin ha documented their action. They were brought by a Belgian NGO, Apopo, which has used them in Mozambico,Tanzania and Angola. The photos appear in La Repubblica paper of 5 October.
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Message 1893392 - Posted: 5 Oct 2017, 18:31:00 UTC - in response to Message 1893380.  

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Message 1893424 - Posted: 5 Oct 2017, 21:55:06 UTC

This week I have been trying to get a bit of order in my life so I decided to visit some of my favourite places.

On Tuesday I wen to The Grove, a park a few miles away. I mostly went to see if the squirrels were still as tame.

On the way along the river Wandle was a heron standing just a few feet the other side if the fence.



And yes the squirrels are just as tame. This time I had walnuts and they seem to like them.



However the pigeons also seemed to like them and would try and take them from the squirrels.

I just like this picture, should be in the caption competition!!



Today I went to London to do the Thames Path walk from London Bridge to Westminster then on to Victoria. I went through St James park and saw a black swan.



Never seen one before, apparently a native of Australia, but some were brought to this country and have established small colonies.

Not sure I have ever seen these before either.



Egyptian geese, and in this case that is where they originate, again brought to this country and now considered native.

Now if I can just sort out the other 120 pictures I took today I may post some in the picture thread.
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Message 1893430 - Posted: 5 Oct 2017, 22:09:16 UTC - in response to Message 1893424.  

Great squirrely pictures, Bernie. They look well fed! :~)
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Message 1893443 - Posted: 5 Oct 2017, 22:38:38 UTC - in response to Message 1893430.  

Squirrels eat a lot.
In just a week's period, they can eat their entire body weight in food, which is about 700 grams.
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Message 1893460 - Posted: 5 Oct 2017, 23:09:21 UTC

Bernie, lovely pictures!
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Message 1893651 - Posted: 6 Oct 2017, 17:15:42 UTC - in response to Message 1893443.  

Squirrels eat a lot.
In just a week's period, they can eat their entire body weight in food, which is about 700 grams.

Shoot, I can do that! (Eat my body weight in food in one week.) :-D
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Message 1893676 - Posted: 6 Oct 2017, 20:30:52 UTC - in response to Message 1893651.  

Squirrels eat a lot.
In just a week's period, they can eat their entire body weight in food, which is about 700 grams.

Shoot, I can do that! (Eat my body weight in food in one week.) :-D

My body weight in food for a week would be 145 squirrels.
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Message 1893709 - Posted: 6 Oct 2017, 22:48:34 UTC - in response to Message 1893676.  

Squirrels eat a lot.
In just a week's period, they can eat their entire body weight in food, which is about 700 grams.

Shoot, I can do that! (Eat my body weight in food in one week.) :-D

My body weight in food for a week would be 145 squirrels.

246 and a big chunk of one.

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Message 1893739 - Posted: 7 Oct 2017, 2:20:15 UTC

As proud as I am to be the Godmother of Walnut Bailey, I saw all kids on my last visit. They are like us, Cocky, shy, stubborn and opinionated.
Not sure if I agree with the training, but what ever floats the boat.
I do recall a long time back, a food experiment.
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Message 1893753 - Posted: 7 Oct 2017, 5:46:03 UTC

I use only positive reinforcement to shape behavior.

Eric shot some video footage the other night and has promised me that he will figure out how to YouTube it tomorrow.
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