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Gang of Raccoons Mobs Woman in Casper Hotel Parking Lot

16 points by LinuxBender 2y ago

alamortsubite 2y ago
Never get close to wild animals unless you have training and a good reason to do so. These people's behavior is insane. FWIW, I disagree with the retired Air Force colonel quoted in the article. These raccoons weren't rabid. But it doesn't matter, getting close to them is all kinds of wrong. Stay away.
matthewdgreen 2y ago
God help us if raccoons every become human-level intelligent.
- MattPalmer1086 2y ago
  https://www.goodreads.com/fr/book/show/60760108-beyond-the-burn-line https://www.goodreads.com/fr/book/show/60760108-beyond-the-b... The bears get there first, then the raccoons...
metalman 2y ago
Indiana Dunes State Park got mobbed by racoons,while trying to cook many many racoons,so I started to throw rocks didnt fase em,so I started to throw harder and closer,didnt fase em,I started aiming to kill they all left quick, then
- Zigurd 2y ago
  Maybe cook fewer racoons?
teeray 2y ago
What has Pawnee unleashed on the world?
PreInternet01 2y ago
Worst gang-like behavior of animals I every saw was, like, a decade ago at the Cape Point parking lot in South Africa. This a relatively large lot (being at the round-turn point of a one-way route), with both personal vehicles and tour busses coming and going. There are also a lot of baboons. On the narrow-ish mountain road up and down, these already pester the vehicles every way they can, but once parked, it's when things get truly special, especially for the tour busses. First, the baboon females parade past a bus, with infants on their back. The tourists are delighted by this, and rush out with their cameras. Then, the females retreat into the bushes, which further distracts the humans. Then, the males, which have been hiding in the nearby trees, descend upon the bus, and absolutely ransack it. Everything that can be taken (and that's mostly bags and coats) gets dragged into the trees. Then, they triumphantly go through the loot, redistribute anything that's edible or otherwise interesting, and toss the rest. It's scary how well these animals instinctively understand the way we behave...
- pavel_lishin 2y ago
  It may not be instinctive, but learned behavior. They're not dumb, they're apes, not that far from the evolutionary tree from us. Hell, my cat knows when it's time to eat.
  - PreInternet01 2y ago
    "Leaned behavior" to me means that they previously saw other, non-baboon, groups rob tourists in the same way, which seems unlikely? This feels more like a situation where the baboons realized that "these humans have yummy stuff" followed by "hey, and this is how we can distract them in order to grab it" But, well, semantics...
    - pavel_lishin 2y ago
      > "Leaned behavior" to me means that they previously saw other, non-baboon, groups rob tourists in the same way, which seems unlikely? It might mean that to you, but that's absolutely not what I meant to convey.
drmpeg 2y ago
Years ago, there used to be a huge population of raccoons here in Silicon Valley. I used to see raccoons the size of border collies walking down the sidewalk at night. I was starting to expect to see one carrying a briefcase. One night I came home from work to find an army (maybe a dozen) of raccoons ripping up my lawn with their little hands. Just peeling up the turf. Turned out I had grubs. Lately, I don't see them. I wonder if the city did something to limit the population. I still see some holes in my lawn where they're testing for grubs, so the population is not zero.
- baking 2y ago
  Raccoons and opossums have a good sense of smell. If you see holes in your yard you have (or had) grubs.
  - pavel_lishin 2y ago
    I've chalked the holes in my yard up to squirrels either burying or searching for nuts. Hm.
y-c-o-m-b 2y ago
Yuck. They carry raccoon roundworm aka baylisascaris procyonis. Read the bio-terrorism notes here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylisascaris_procyonis#Bioterrorism_threat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylisascaris_procyonis#Bioter... > this parasite's eggs are easy to acquire, able to live for years, extremely resistant to many disinfectants, and cause serious infections in humans with poor treatment options We have about 4-5 raccoons that visit my yard once a week or so (more in the summer). They like to defecate at the base of our trees. I usually boil a large pot of water and pour it over the poops to kill off any of the parasite eggs.
- reaperducer 2y ago
  Yuck. They carry raccoon roundworm aka baylisascaris procyonis. Wait till you find out all the crazy diseases that humans can carry.
kylecazar 2y ago
Raccoon hooliganism is pretty frequent here in Connecticut. They usually aren't dangerous around my house (as human contact is unfortunately common), but I'd be more weary of a solo racoon during the day with regards to rabies than a gang at night. Of course, I wouldn't touch one regardless. Usually during the day, they'll just scurry as fast as possible to stuff their fat bodies into the nearest curbside sewer drain. If they don't, I'd get away.
spacecadet 2y ago
When we lived in the bay area we had a sun room that was all floor to ceiling windows. Occasionally we would hear scratching late at night and go in to check. Mobs of raccoons! Sometimes 20+ would be peaking inside and checking around the perimeter of the house. I remember taking some cool high ISO black and white film photos one night.
datavirtue 2y ago
The S&P 500 is down 700 points on news of recent racoon mobs.
johnea 2y ago
I thought, after readiung the earlier article of the Washington state racoon home invasion, that it seemed like they were driven out into human habitation due to some sort of change in food availability. I've had racoons living near by come through my yard routinely, and have even fed some occassionally, but to have so many come out all at once seems like some sort of symptom. My theory: too many primates! To solve all of humanity's and the rest of world's problems, reduce the number of humans to 1/10th. Then there's plenty of room and food for all...
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16 points by LinuxBender 2y ago

Never get close to wild animals unless you have training and a good reason to do so. These people's behavior is insane. FWIW, I disagree with the retired Air Force colonel quoted in the article. These raccoons weren't rabid. But it doesn't matter, getting close to them is all kinds of wrong. Stay away.

matthewdgreen 2y ago

God help us if raccoons every become human-level intelligent.

MattPalmer1086 2y ago
https://www.goodreads.com/fr/book/show/60760108-beyond-the-burn-line https://www.goodreads.com/fr/book/show/60760108-beyond-the-b... The bears get there first, then the raccoons...

metalman 2y ago

Indiana Dunes State Park got mobbed by racoons,while trying to cook many many racoons,so I started to throw rocks didnt fase em,so I started to throw harder and closer,didnt fase em,I started aiming to kill they all left quick, then

Zigurd 2y ago
Maybe cook fewer racoons?

teeray 2y ago

What has Pawnee unleashed on the world?

PreInternet01 2y ago

Worst gang-like behavior of animals I every saw was, like, a decade ago at the Cape Point parking lot in South Africa. This a relatively large lot (being at the round-turn point of a one-way route), with both personal vehicles and tour busses coming and going. There are also a lot of baboons. On the narrow-ish mountain road up and down, these already pester the vehicles every way they can, but once parked, it's when things get truly special, especially for the tour busses. First, the baboon females parade past a bus, with infants on their back. The tourists are delighted by this, and rush out with their cameras. Then, the females retreat into the bushes, which further distracts the humans. Then, the males, which have been hiding in the nearby trees, descend upon the bus, and absolutely ransack it. Everything that can be taken (and that's mostly bags and coats) gets dragged into the trees. Then, they triumphantly go through the loot, redistribute anything that's edible or otherwise interesting, and toss the rest. It's scary how well these animals instinctively understand the way we behave...

pavel_lishin 2y ago
It may not be instinctive, but learned behavior. They're not dumb, they're apes, not that far from the evolutionary tree from us. Hell, my cat knows when it's time to eat.
- PreInternet01 2y ago
  "Leaned behavior" to me means that they previously saw other, non-baboon, groups rob tourists in the same way, which seems unlikely? This feels more like a situation where the baboons realized that "these humans have yummy stuff" followed by "hey, and this is how we can distract them in order to grab it" But, well, semantics...
  - pavel_lishin 2y ago
    > "Leaned behavior" to me means that they previously saw other, non-baboon, groups rob tourists in the same way, which seems unlikely? It might mean that to you, but that's absolutely not what I meant to convey.

drmpeg 2y ago

Years ago, there used to be a huge population of raccoons here in Silicon Valley. I used to see raccoons the size of border collies walking down the sidewalk at night. I was starting to expect to see one carrying a briefcase. One night I came home from work to find an army (maybe a dozen) of raccoons ripping up my lawn with their little hands. Just peeling up the turf. Turned out I had grubs. Lately, I don't see them. I wonder if the city did something to limit the population. I still see some holes in my lawn where they're testing for grubs, so the population is not zero.

baking 2y ago
Raccoons and opossums have a good sense of smell. If you see holes in your yard you have (or had) grubs.
- pavel_lishin 2y ago
  I've chalked the holes in my yard up to squirrels either burying or searching for nuts. Hm.

y-c-o-m-b 2y ago

Yuck. They carry raccoon roundworm aka baylisascaris procyonis. Read the bio-terrorism notes here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylisascaris_procyonis#Bioterrorism_threat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baylisascaris_procyonis#Bioter... > this parasite's eggs are easy to acquire, able to live for years, extremely resistant to many disinfectants, and cause serious infections in humans with poor treatment options We have about 4-5 raccoons that visit my yard once a week or so (more in the summer). They like to defecate at the base of our trees. I usually boil a large pot of water and pour it over the poops to kill off any of the parasite eggs.

reaperducer 2y ago
Yuck. They carry raccoon roundworm aka baylisascaris procyonis. Wait till you find out all the crazy diseases that humans can carry.

kylecazar 2y ago

Raccoon hooliganism is pretty frequent here in Connecticut. They usually aren't dangerous around my house (as human contact is unfortunately common), but I'd be more weary of a solo racoon during the day with regards to rabies than a gang at night. Of course, I wouldn't touch one regardless. Usually during the day, they'll just scurry as fast as possible to stuff their fat bodies into the nearest curbside sewer drain. If they don't, I'd get away.

spacecadet 2y ago

When we lived in the bay area we had a sun room that was all floor to ceiling windows. Occasionally we would hear scratching late at night and go in to check. Mobs of raccoons! Sometimes 20+ would be peaking inside and checking around the perimeter of the house. I remember taking some cool high ISO black and white film photos one night.

datavirtue 2y ago

The S&P 500 is down 700 points on news of recent racoon mobs.

johnea 2y ago

I thought, after readiung the earlier article of the Washington state racoon home invasion, that it seemed like they were driven out into human habitation due to some sort of change in food availability. I've had racoons living near by come through my yard routinely, and have even fed some occassionally, but to have so many come out all at once seems like some sort of symptom. My theory: too many primates! To solve all of humanity's and the rest of world's problems, reduce the number of humans to 1/10th. Then there's plenty of room and food for all...

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