They produce a strong scent that resembles vinegar.
That was a more straightforward answer than I was expecting, honestly.
Well of course they were used on German vinegar merchant ships in the 16th and 17th centuries to hunt vermin. Since they already smelled like vinegar, they could sneak up on the rats and were quite efficient.
So prized were their stealthy hunts that a pirate captain and his crew known for his daring nighttime raids became known as the Dogs of Vinegar.
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Werewolf2000adSuckers, I know exactly what went wrong.Registered Userregular
I had to put Simon to sleep today. He was having trouble breathing and xrays showed that his chest was full of fluid, mostly likely due to his cancer. He had a clean checkup in February, but that's cancer, I guess. 2.5 years of lead time still didn't prepare me for this day. He would have turned 6 in August.
He was the best boy. He loved everyone and made everyone love him. Luckily his sister is still around. Having one fuzzbutt to love on makes things at least a little easier.
May or may not be an actually baby crow. Still too stinking cute.
It's not a baby crow. Baby crows can't move around until they're "awkward young crow teenager".
There are a number of different species that look like they could have been baby crows though (but are instead cute and fuzzy). Corncrakes for example
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How many generations of raccoons would it take to domesticate them and can I achieve this within my lifetime?
After that how many generations until they can walk upright and make tools?
1. Well. Raccoons are already friendlier than foxes, and the russians managed to get a semi-domesticated variant in just 50 years.
2. Raccoons are pretty clever, but I've yet to see any indication of tool use. Also, they don't have the right bone structure for walking upright. At best they can hop on their hind legs.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I've heard that pet raccoons do exist, but they tend to get obese very easily. And being such clever little thieves, they need a lot of enrichment or they get bored and destructive. I don't have sources for any of that, it's just what I've absorbed from the general internet over time.
They're still on my list of dream-pets though, along with ferrets, bats, and skunks.
My dad's friend had a pet raccoon he kept in his Arizona room during the day and it just wandered around outside during the night. I don't remember much more about it than that because I was a kid, but it got along with his dogs very well.
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I've heard that pet raccoons do exist, but they tend to get obese very easily. And being such clever little thieves, they need a lot of enrichment or they get bored and destructive. I don't have sources for any of that, it's just what I've absorbed from the general internet over time.
They're still on my list of dream-pets though, along with ferrets, bats, and skunks.
I was out on the Oregon coast with my then-partner, and we were walking down the main drag of some little town. I glanced up a side street, and saw pack of 8 or so fat, I mean roly-poly, raccoons just stampeding for a dumpster. Wish I had a camera, it was absolutely picturesque.
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one time I was with a friend, driving through west seattle, and like four of them were galloping across somebody's front yard
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That was a more straightforward answer than I was expecting, honestly.
This will be here until I receive an apology or Weedlordvegeta get any consequences for being a bully
Well of course they were used on German vinegar merchant ships in the 16th and 17th centuries to hunt vermin. Since they already smelled like vinegar, they could sneak up on the rats and were quite efficient.
So prized were their stealthy hunts that a pirate captain and his crew known for his daring nighttime raids became known as the Dogs of Vinegar.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
This will be here until I receive an apology or Weedlordvegeta get any consequences for being a bully
I cried when they fell I would die for this bird
May or may not be an actually baby crow. Still too stinking cute.
It's not a baby crow. Baby crows can't move around until they're "awkward young crow teenager".
There are a number of different species that look like they could have been baby crows though (but are instead cute and fuzzy). Corncrakes for example
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EVERYBODY WANTS TO SIT IN THE BIG CHAIR, MEG!
Let Me Tell You About Ferrets
Maybe they shouldn't have named the cat "Hey! You know your husband died at sea!".
Just a thought.
those aren't domesticated, they're just very intelligent creatures that are still very much wild
Naked and gross, yet still adorable and I want to snug
After that how many generations until they can walk upright and make tools?
1. Well. Raccoons are already friendlier than foxes, and the russians managed to get a semi-domesticated variant in just 50 years.
2. Raccoons are pretty clever, but I've yet to see any indication of tool use. Also, they don't have the right bone structure for walking upright. At best they can hop on their hind legs.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
They're still on my list of dream-pets though, along with ferrets, bats, and skunks.
So Donut County is more accurate than I realized!
like to be clear, I'm saying I really like watching raccoons eat trash in the alley, raccoons are extremely good
this was in full broad-ass daylight, too
I also saw a Goose train of 42 Geese (yes I counted) Five families of Canada Geese all chilling together.
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