Raccoons usually aren’t very aggressive, but they will fight each other when the need arises. Most aggression will happen after dark, which is when the animals are most active. While a raccoon screaming at night can sound loud and scary, it’s rarely dangerous to humans. This overview will tell you why raccoons fight, what their …
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Where you will once find a sleeping raccoon, you will rarely ever find it there again. The only exceptions are their month-long winter sleep, and the nesting period of baby raccoons. The nocturnal animals typically rest during the daytime, hiding in one of their many dens: Tree hollows Rock cavities Fox or badger burrows Attics …
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Despite its considerable size, the average raccoon doesn’t live very long. The lifespan of a raccoon is a lot shorter than what you might imagine it to be, although there are some differences between the life expectancy of raccoons as wild animals and animals in captivity. On average, a healthy wild raccoon with abundant food …
Raccoons are often found in attics, but how do they get up there? It’s not difficult for a raccoon to access a roof, especially if a tree is nearby. The animals have a sneaky way to enter your house, and it doesn’t even need to have a hole in it. In general, a raccoon will …
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Raccoons are omnivores, which means these animals eat about anything they can find. This is problematic for raccoon poop identification, as it can look very different. It all depends on the diet of the animal, but there are some common characteristics that can be identified. In general, raccoon poop is tubular in shape and will …
You might already know that a raccoon is a great tree climber, but you’d still like to learn if they sleep in a nest up there, or perhaps do something else. How raccoons live is actually quite different from what most people think. Scientists observing the behavior of wild raccoons found that the animals will …
Raccoons are often seen as dangerous animals due to their ability to transmit the deadly rabies virus. Along with foxes, coyotes, skunks, bats, raccoons are the primary carriers of rabies in North America. Generally, raccoons get rabies by transmitting the virus through their saliva. This can happen either through a bite, or by interacting with …
Encountering an albino raccoon in the wild is very rare. These so-called blonde or white raccoons are sometimes sold and kept as pets, although even in that world they are not that common. Albinism in raccoons is caused by a rare genetic mutation, occurring in an estimated 1 in 10,000 individuals. Albino raccoons trade their …
If raccoons would eventually leave on their own, life would be a lot easier for many homeowners. Most raccoons tend to stay in one place for longer time periods, but will have more than one nest to live in. To get a raccoon to leave, you’d have to take away their food. Generally, raccoons will …
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To most people, raccoons are considered vermin. Similar to rodents like mice and rats, the raccoon is a known pest that often infiltrates our living spaces. While occupying the same ecological niche as rodents, raccoons cannot be classified as such. Raccoons are not considered to be rodents, but are instead classified as musteloids (mammals of …
