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> As long as it’s not rabid it’s less potentially dangerous than many dogs. Thing is, if a raccoon is just chilling and isn't terrified of people near it, ther
by masdfmfgjafm 4y ago
> As long as it’s not rabid it’s less potentially dangerous than many dogs.
Thing is, if a raccoon is just chilling and isn't terrified of people near it, there's a very real chance it is rabid.
- Auracle 4y agoAnywhere other than an extremely busy city park, sure. I've put down animals I thought might be rabid before, and in my experience they usually act a bit more odd than "I'm extremely used to people."
- anikan_vader 4y agoAnimals that are habituated to humans are also dangerous though. People feed squirrels and raccoons, and then some random passerby ends up getting attacked by the habituated animal who wants food. Squirrels can easily draw blood.
- trhway 4y agoterrified? I've never seen a racoon being even slightly afraid of people. I mean yes, they may give you a way, yet it would be demonstratively very slow and with a look of total annoyance. Actually seeing racoons first time here in CA - there are a lot of them everywhere on Peninsula - that was the first time when i questioned the mantra that the humans are the top of creation as i saw that at least racoons are definitely not aware about that, and judging by the pretty contemptful look in their eyes they have a pretty different opinion about that.
- LegitShady 4y agothats probably because collectively we stopped using even elementary technology like atlatl, bow+arrow or slingshot, and we lost the need to hunt for the most part. A relatively primitive human could kill racoons with the standard tools they had then. If you needed to you could figure it out.
- WalterBright 4y agoThe little bandits are always stealing my trash.
- Auracle 4y agoI'm in a rural area and they'll definitely get away from me quickly when I come across them, usually by scampering up a tree.