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Message 1894154 - Posted: 8 Oct 2017, 20:06:41 UTC

Hmmmmmm....LOL.
I wonder what sacrifices our CRL makes to the raccoon gods.
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Message 1894161 - Posted: 8 Oct 2017, 20:48:49 UTC - in response to Message 1894154.  

Hmmmmmm....LOL.
I wonder what sacrifices our CRL makes to the raccoon gods.


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Message 1894163 - Posted: 8 Oct 2017, 20:52:01 UTC - in response to Message 1894161.  
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Hmmmmmm....LOL.
I wonder what sacrifices our CRL makes to the raccoon gods.


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Awwww.....I don't think you lose much dignity associating with such cute little grranimals, Angela.
I had a couple nibbling at the kibble bowls on my front porch last night!
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Message 1894190 - Posted: 8 Oct 2017, 23:50:22 UTC

Eric got the title wrong. It should read "Walnut and Brazil Nut get trained"
https://youtu.be/avd-W5-fqsM


Macademia's paws!
https://youtu.be/MDlK4Z7Jpgo
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Message 1894374 - Posted: 9 Oct 2017, 19:48:01 UTC - in response to Message 1894190.  

Eric got the title wrong. It should read "Walnut and Brazil Nut get trained"
https://youtu.be/avd-W5-fqsM


Wow. I can see you in a year or so on America's Got Talent. "Angie and her nuts."
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Message 1894437 - Posted: 10 Oct 2017, 0:38:04 UTC - in response to Message 1894374.  
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Eric got the title wrong. It should read "Walnut and Brazil Nut get trained"
https://youtu.be/avd-W5-fqsM


Wow. I can see you in a year or so on America's Got Talent. "Angie and her nuts."


Or "The Raccoon Whisperer"?

Did you hear the snarl at the end of the video? That was Macademia Bobo reminding me that he had not received a peanut recently enough. So, of course, I reinforced his nasty little snarl. Makes you wonder, doesn't it, exactly who is training whom?
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Message 1894692 - Posted: 11 Oct 2017, 19:34:51 UTC

3 Bears Break Into Colorado Restaurant, Find No Porridge
The salami, however, was juuuuust right.

They couldn’t find porridge or, for that matter, Goldilocks.

Yep a Mama bear and Her two cubs, the owner suffered around $1,000.00 in damages, and says the bears can't be blamed for starving, they need calories, there is a video at the link.

“The bears need help and we need to figure out how to help them,” DeSousa told “Inside Edition.” “We moved into the woods knowing full well they existed, and the idea they should die because they’re starving is ridiculous.”

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Message 1894966 - Posted: 13 Oct 2017, 1:03:59 UTC


A site dedicated to my love for the smartest urban wild animal,
the Raccoon. We humans have a lot to learn about raccoons
and we should because every day we come across them.
There are thousands of raccoons living in our cities.
We need to understand them and get to know how they live.


http://zumanetworks.com/baby-raccoons-are-cute/
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Message 1895890 - Posted: 18 Oct 2017, 2:50:58 UTC

Ang, the offer to help with the garage is still open!

On an other matter, I like to pay it forward. After WW2 my family send care packets to Poland. I would like to help with regards to a family in or around Arecibo. Can you or Eric put me in touch with someone? Flat rate shipping via USPS makes this a great deal.
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Message 1895907 - Posted: 18 Oct 2017, 8:44:07 UTC
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As we don't have raccoons here, this is the next best thing, squirrels and their appeal is basically similar, they have proved to be intelligent and "eat with their paws".

I have seen them raid the park bins and somewhere have a picture of one eating pizza

Now having spent a year on the Isle of Wight where I only saw squirrels from the kitchen window and never on my daily walk, it is interesting that at this time of year the park is literally teeming with them, unfortunately grey not red, but they still appeal.

This one was sitting on one of the community gardens raised bed where we have just planted lot of saffron bearing crocus bulbs, hence the green netting. It seemed unfazed by me talking several pictures.



This was one of the many in the park the next day, pausing from digging to enjoy a snack.


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Message 1896018 - Posted: 18 Oct 2017, 21:10:49 UTC - in response to Message 1895890.  

Ang, the offer to help with the garage is still open!

On an other matter, I like to pay it forward. After WW2 my family send care packets to Poland. I would like to help with regards to a family in or around Arecibo. Can you or Eric put me in touch with someone? Flat rate shipping via USPS makes this a great deal.



Hi Uli,

What a kind offer! The best way to help, however, it to make a donation to the Red Cross and earmark it for Puerto Rico relief.

Thanks!
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Message 1896019 - Posted: 18 Oct 2017, 21:13:40 UTC - in response to Message 1895915.  

It's the time of year when they are burying food for the winter. The little buggers are digging up all our flower boxes and beds on the patio. Last year I made the mistake of buying squirrel food. All they did was dig holes and bury it. Not putting any out this year, unless a foot of snow.


LOL! Our California squirrels are too lazy to dig holes. I pulled out some spent rhubarb leaves the other day and found a squirrel cache of peanuts right underneath one of the leaves. No digging involved - just push the peanuts under a big leaf.
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Message 1896023 - Posted: 18 Oct 2017, 21:18:56 UTC - in response to Message 1896019.  

It's the time of year when they are burying food for the winter. The little buggers are digging up all our flower boxes and beds on the patio. Last year I made the mistake of buying squirrel food. All they did was dig holes and bury it. Not putting any out this year, unless a foot of snow.


LOL! Our California squirrels are too lazy to dig holes. I pulled out some spent rhubarb leaves the other day and found a squirrel cache of peanuts right underneath one of the leaves. No digging involved - just push the peanuts under a big leaf.

I don't know if we have any squirrels out here in the high desert, but We have a few demented chipmunks, that dart across the roads now and then, sadly no places for clowns to hide at, since we have no sewers for them to hide in.
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Message 1896155 - Posted: 19 Oct 2017, 16:21:11 UTC - in response to Message 1896089.  

Hehehe, love it. Do Raccoons stash any food away as not having the winters we do I would have thought there was no need?

No. Raccoons do not stash food away. They eat everything in sight right away. Impulse control is not one of their cognitive strengths.
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Message 1896225 - Posted: 19 Oct 2017, 22:45:44 UTC - in response to Message 1896155.  

Hehehe, love it. Do Raccoons stash any food away as not having the winters we do I would have thought there was no need?

No. Raccoons do not stash food away. They eat everything in sight right away. Impulse control is not one of their cognitive strengths.

What Raccoons have brains? OMG...
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Message 1896336 - Posted: 20 Oct 2017, 14:24:21 UTC

Another critter story......................
Badger sneaks into home, naps on cat bed.
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Message 1896908 - Posted: 22 Oct 2017, 18:31:41 UTC - in response to Message 1896018.  

Ang, the offer to help with the garage is still open!

On an other matter, I like to pay it forward. After WW2 my family send care packets to Poland. I would like to help with regards to a family in or around Arecibo. Can you or Eric put me in touch with someone? Flat rate shipping via USPS makes this a great deal.



Hi Uli,

What a kind offer! The best way to help, however, it to make a donation to the Red Cross and earmark it for Puerto Rico relief.

Thanks!


The Red Cross will use any money you send as they see fit, whether or not your "earmark" it for a specific emergency. I would recommend not using the Red Cross. Find a specific charity that is devoted to helping with the emergency in Puerto Rico.

If you're a big fan of the Red Cross then I'm sorry, but it was reported a few years ago that money donated for (I think it was) Katrina was not being used solely for Katrina.

Try this one: United for Puerto Rico
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Message 1897218 - Posted: 24 Oct 2017, 2:20:14 UTC

Yes, I didn't want the Red Cross route, evenso I think they are a worthwhile Charity. I will look into Chris's and Suzie's suggestion.
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