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Racoons, even city's racoons are terrible beasts. Sure, they are friendly when they aren't upset; Take a treat away from the hands of the sweetest racoon and it

Racoons, even city's racoons are terrible beasts. Sure, they are friendly when they aren't upset; Take a treat away from the hands of the sweetest racoon and it will either pounce on you to retrieve it, scream bloody murder, or pounce and slash at you until you retreat. Racoons, especially in the city, will kill and eat an older housecat or easy to access domestic chickens without hesitation. Declawing them helps, but nature happens when a declawed racoon feels a call to roam and is outmatched by even a small hawk or possum.

SpaceL10n 11mo ago
To be fair, if you take something away from me that's mine, there's not much difference between the raccoon and myself.
- lagniappe 11mo ago
  You should work on that.
  - BeFlatXIII 11mo ago
    Why promote such a loser and defeatist attitude?
    - barbazoo 11mo ago
      Because “having” things isn’t the goal for most of us.
      - shaftway 11mo ago
        "Having" things is the goal of most humans on this planet. Some individuals can control those baser instincts, but most people can not.
  - lookatthisone 11mo ago
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  - SpaceL10n 11mo ago
    Is it too much for someone to ask for something?
  - saghm 11mo ago
    That kind of depends on the circumstances though, doesn't it? If someone on the street snatched your wallet out of your hands, and you felt reasonably confident that you'd be able to safely reclaim it by wrestling it back out of their hands, wouldn't you? I'm personally not very strong or fast, and I don't have any skills in terms of identifying whether someone might have a knife or something, so chances are that I wouldn't feel confident in pulling it off. If I did happen to have enough confidence that I would be able to without getting hurt though, it certainly feels like I'd be justified in doing it, and it seems like it would be more desirable than letting them take my wallet.
brewtide 11mo ago
I have a bunch of racoons in my yard every night. A year ago, on some whim, they decided to rip open the less than secure but 8 ft in the air vent grating for the chicken coop. Some chickens made it, most in fact. But playtime involved ripping the heads off 3 of them. They can be quite sinister.

SpaceL10n 11mo ago

To be fair, if you take something away from me that's mine, there's not much difference between the raccoon and myself.

lagniappe 11mo ago
You should work on that.
- BeFlatXIII 11mo ago
  Why promote such a loser and defeatist attitude?
  - barbazoo 11mo ago
    Because “having” things isn’t the goal for most of us.
    - shaftway 11mo ago
      "Having" things is the goal of most humans on this planet. Some individuals can control those baser instincts, but most people can not.
- lookatthisone 11mo ago
  [dead]
- SpaceL10n 11mo ago
  Is it too much for someone to ask for something?
- saghm 11mo ago
  That kind of depends on the circumstances though, doesn't it? If someone on the street snatched your wallet out of your hands, and you felt reasonably confident that you'd be able to safely reclaim it by wrestling it back out of their hands, wouldn't you? I'm personally not very strong or fast, and I don't have any skills in terms of identifying whether someone might have a knife or something, so chances are that I wouldn't feel confident in pulling it off. If I did happen to have enough confidence that I would be able to without getting hurt though, it certainly feels like I'd be justified in doing it, and it seems like it would be more desirable than letting them take my wallet.

brewtide 11mo ago

I have a bunch of racoons in my yard every night. A year ago, on some whim, they decided to rip open the less than secure but 8 ft in the air vent grating for the chicken coop. Some chickens made it, most in fact. But playtime involved ripping the heads off 3 of them. They can be quite sinister.