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I had a similar experience moving from the UK to US - 'indoor cats' were an alien concept to me, but a friend explained they couldn't let theirs outside because
by arprocter 5y ago
I had a similar experience moving from the UK to US - 'indoor cats' were an alien concept to me, but a friend explained they couldn't let theirs outside because 'they'd be eaten by coyotes'
It was bonkers to me there were beavers and turtles in the lake down the street, not to mention big snakes and humming birds...and the first time you see a possum is kind of crazy
When I was growing up the British garden centre nearby sold chipmunks as pets, which amuses Americans when I tell them
Apparently they have wild raccoons in Germany
- Tijdreiziger 5y agoRecently, wolves returned to the Netherlands! It was front page news. Farmers haven’t been happy though, as the wolves kill their sheep. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47838162 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47838162
- mikepurvis 5y agoWhat is a "non-wild" raccoon? I'm pretty sure it's wild ones that chew through the bottom of my plastic trash can to lick meat juice off the styrofoam trays.
- pacaro 5y agoI think that the observation about raccoons in Germany is made because they aren't native to Europe. Probably the correct word is feral My mother (who lives in the UK) recently visited me (in the US). While walking we saw a bald eagle fishing. She was blown away. Here that's commonplace
- bboozzoo 5y agoRaccoons were introduced in Europe by humans, but badgers are native to Europe and they are equally interesting mammals. Although your chances of spotting a badger in the wild, at least in Poland, are much lower than for the racoons in the US.
- pfdietz 5y agoSeeing eagles fishing is now commonplace, but it wasn't even a few decades ago, as the Bald Eagle was nearly extirpated in the contiguous 48 US states by DDT pollution. Thankfully they've made a big comeback.