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>She climbed onto the cylinder and rocked it until it tipped over, giving her access to the sweet treat. >“That was something we hadn’t predicted,” and indeed,
by rl3 9y ago
>She climbed onto the cylinder and rocked it until it tipped over, giving her access to the sweet treat.
>“That was something we hadn’t predicted,” and indeed, had designed against, says study leader Lauren Stanton, a Ph.D. student at the University of Wyoming.
They should have consulted me for this experiment. Growing up in the suburbs, I have extensive experience in observing the little bastards topple or otherwise gain access to all manner of receptacle—no matter how seemingly impregnable—on inumerable occasions. Their cunning knows no bounds.
- daemin 9y agoTo me that base did not seem like it was designed that way. If it had been the base would be much bigger in area so that far more force would have been required to tip it. Any structural engineers want to take a look?
- stronglikedan 9y agoI'm not a structural engineer, but it seems like they designed it to not tip over by itself or with the added weight of a raccoon, but they neglected to consider said raccoon in motion.
- mannykannot 9y agoThey have apparently created an experiment to test if raccoons understand resonance.
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- KGIII 9y agoRaccoons, black bears, and skunks are all smarter than many people seem to think. They can find their way into most anything in common use. There have been cars broken into by bears, for example.
- rhcom2 9y agoFinding their way out seems more challenging for them based on my anecdotal evidence of finding a very pissed raccoon stuck in my trashcan after the lid closed on him.
- KGIII 9y agoSo very, very true. This is not the right forum for telling my story of the garbage purloining skunk who got his head stuck in a peanut butter jar. You know the adage about how a skunk won't spray in an enclosed area, so that you can throw a blanket over a skunk and not worry about being sprayed? It's a lie. Mr. Skunk does not care.