Everyone got to this little animal who could do laundry, and then fantasized about raising a raccoon to save the trouble of washing dishes, vegetables and socks, just like hiring a hardworking old mother! @Douban "I really want to raise a racco...
Everyone got to this little animal who could do laundry, and then fantasized about raising a raccoon to save the trouble of washing dishes, vegetables and socks, just like hiring a hardworking old mother!
@Douban
"I really want to raise a raccoon!" Everyone kept reposting the image of raccoons, and many people also embarked on the road of raising raccoons as pets.
Under the media's rendering, many people think that the normal situation of raccoons is like this:
Am I good?
Such as follows:
To hug
Such as follows:
Miss, come and play hide-and-seek
or, do you play tricks?
Oh! ! ! This time I am not trying to lie to you to raise raccoons, because this guy looks really like -
Yes, I'm just super fierce!
This guy not only dismantles furniture, bites shoes, steals cat food, goes over trash cans, digs a hole in your bed and walls, but also loves to get angry and bite people and fight. It’s no problem to eat your cats and dogs. It can be said without hesitation that one raccoon has a destructive power that is 10 husky.
In North American areas such as Canada, people's lives have been fucked by raccoons, and it is common in news reports that they are all bad records of raccoons. The North American people who have been widely persecuted are like seeing rats crossing the street. Although everyone shouts and beats them, they can't do anything about it.
They are thieves and run away after stealing:
I think walking the door is boring, so I have to fly the eaves and walls, and make holes in the roof:
The inside and outside of the house are all open, and the ceiling of the kitchen and bedroom are all his territory:
I think the lawn you just trimmed is not beautiful enough, so I can look it over again:
Go to the bakery to steal a donut:
The thing you must do every day is to go through the trash can in your backyard (it is said that the probability of opening a raccoon in North America is higher than the probability of meeting a beggar on the street.)
At night, raccoons will commit guerrilla crimes, go into the house to steal chickens, fight with dogs, and use cruel methods. The woman below cried and said that all the chickens she raised were bitten to death by raccoon overnight.
Just noodles are still your dog's natural enemy. At night, if the dog suddenly barks, it may not be a robber and a thief, but a raccoon.
A foreign netizen uploaded a miserable photo of his dog being attacked by a raccoon on reddit:
Not only do they bite the dog, they also kill cats. Do you think the following noodles are just coaxing your cat child?
No, they just want to take it and wash it and eat it.
When raccoons face each other head-on, the pets are often at a disadvantage. As a wild animal, raccoons have very sharp claws and teeth, which can kill kittens and dogs in minutes. If they cannot be killed, they will at least become seriously injured.
However, the purpose of raccoons is to eat and drink on the human territory. Generally speaking, they do not attack humans. They are omnivorous animals who don’t choose anything. They are very curious by nature. They like to play and dig holes are actually their way of building houses. But because it has not been domesticated by humans for a long time, I feel so angry that I can't even bite myself, especially in estrus.
In addition, raccoons have thumbs up, and they can often do things that human hands can do. For raccoons, opening a door bolt and plugging a latch is as simple as going to a park. Therefore, North American experts suggest that it is best to have a lock on the trash can outside the house, and the more complex the lock, the better. Because the new locked trash can that Toronto spent 30 million yuan to upgrade was cracked by raccoons in less than half a year...
Therefore, "how to avoid raccoons making trouble" has always been a headache in Canada. In order to reduce the damage of raccoons, the municipal government also provides a lot of suggestions, such as: sprinkle soap on the grass, sprinkle hot sauce on the garden vegetables and fruits, sprinkle mustard oil next to the trash can, do not have black lights outside when sleeping at night, do not put pet food outdoors, etc....
Since it is so troublesome, can't you catch it and be euthanized? no. In Canada, injuring, shooting or poisoning raccoons are illegal, and setting traps at will may also be subject to criminal sanctions. Then what should I do if I can’t stand the raccoon? You can use an organic cage to trap, but after being caught, you can only take it to a place far away from home to release animals.
Therefore, the raccoons ran around the streets with great fanfare, and even went to the subway to beg for food.
In addition to being naughty, the main threat to humans by raccoons is actually its shit.
First, raccoons carry various bacteria, such as rabies we all know about.
According to surveys, bats, raccoons and skunks are the leading rabies carriers in the United States, with raccoons reaching 29.4% (2015).
What is more fatal than rabies is the bacteria in raccoon feces. In raccoon shit, there are leptospirosis that can cause renal failure or meningitis, and more lethal raccoon roundworms that can penetrate the brain and eyes.
CDC Raccoon roundworm life cycle
Almost all raccoons carry roundworms, and raccoon roundworms are much more fierce than cat and dog roundworms. The larvae of dogs, cats, roundworms can reach the human brain, but they will not develop further and generally do not cause symptoms or mild symptoms. Raccoon roundworm larvae will continue to develop in the intermediate host, and the larvae that invade the brain will grow to 2-3 mm, drilling around the brain, leaving channels, causing a large number of necrosis of brain tissue.
What is more dangerous is that raccoon roundworm transmission occurs not through contact but through inhalation. Without proper disinfection, even if the feces are removed, the places infected with raccoon feces will be infected for many years.
If you have a raccoon at home, the most susceptible thing to be infected is of course your pet and children. However, raccoons are foreign species in our country and cannot be raised without the "Domestic and Breeding License"..
Therefore, although raccoons are cute, they can just suck them. In terms of raising them, cats are better.
