tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post1933681727743727549..comments2024-02-01T20:22:59.199-05:00Comments on Random Brain Droppings: Dangerous Suburban Gangster RaccoonsCommander Zaiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-18053564679421438162011-01-12T03:55:39.114-05:002011-01-12T03:55:39.114-05:00INSERTINSERTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-16526549413993757702009-10-11T20:38:59.600-04:002009-10-11T20:38:59.600-04:00MadMike: After reading your first comment I admit ...MadMike: After reading your first comment I admit I was puzzled about how you missed some of the points. But after this weekend, it doesn't matter, I've lost all interest in the matter and even worse, have to go to work soon. The only one I didn't touch on was the rabies rumors concerning raccoons. Although, being raised down here, during my younger years rabies scared people just as much as described after Atticus Finch shoots the rabid dog in "To Kill a Mockingbird".<br /><br />While it might have gotten lost in my anti-capitalist rant this post was about how urban sprawl has ruined the habitats of many animals. Of course, the mental quotes from papa raccoon were made up but other than that this is an extremely non-fiction story.<br /><br />Hill: One of my old army buddies thought he was going to play Grizzly Adams and catch a skunk out during an field exercise one time. As you may imagine, it didn't go well and it was only after this guy "lost" a humvee out during fire cleanup after a live fire exercise was the skunk episode forgotten.<br /><br />Nitu: I truly believe Mother Earth will correct that problem at some point. The current pandemic is just a minor side show compared to what will face.<br /><br />Malicious Intent: I am so sorry, dropped by your place and left a comment.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-28908434311851907532009-10-11T13:32:17.534-04:002009-10-11T13:32:17.534-04:00Raccoons are nothing, apparently we have dog probl...Raccoons are nothing, apparently we have dog problem here. Second dog attack today here at the house of M.I. At least the Raccoons have an excuse...they sorta need forests to live in, which we keep chopping down for condos. Dogs, we keep breeding irresponsibly and then let them loose.Malicious Intenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477868628325387881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-8899587467165838852009-10-11T10:58:19.151-04:002009-10-11T10:58:19.151-04:00I'm with Nitu!I'm with Nitu!Kentucky Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753739401363847764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-23997721634777337402009-10-11T06:45:48.353-04:002009-10-11T06:45:48.353-04:00Unfortunately encroachment of wild-land is a globa...Unfortunately encroachment of wild-land is a global disease now. Sometimes I just wish the end of human monopoly.Nituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248035416085877079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-38817229974820501142009-10-10T14:58:41.070-04:002009-10-10T14:58:41.070-04:00Very vivid description of your encounter. Could l...Very vivid description of your encounter. Could literally picture it.<br /><br />Living out here in the country we see all kinds of wildlife.<br /><br />Skunks are the enemy.<br /><br />If you've ever been sprayed by one or one of your pets sprayed by one, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.<br /><br />OMFG, the funk is UNBEARABLE.<br /><br />p.s. Saw an albino skunk scuttling across the back pasture once. Bizarre sight.<br /><br />:)Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14960542364479215780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-32225250707077856552009-10-09T15:40:12.713-04:002009-10-09T15:40:12.713-04:00Sorry Beach. I really didn't think you said a...Sorry Beach. I really didn't think you said all that, and I read your article 4 times. Regardless I said it again in a different way. I hope that's OK....Kentucky Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753739401363847764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-60019134270163854812009-10-09T14:39:43.723-04:002009-10-09T14:39:43.723-04:00Rhiannon: The funny thing about this berg I live i...Rhiannon: The funny thing about this berg I live in is that it has two main roads leading out toward Columbia with one narrowing down to a double lane, one side for each direction of traffic. Several years ago before I even lived her a plan was thought up to build a new road and widen the snarled two lane road that most people use.<br /><br />The outrage was horrendous, people were furious that properties would have had to be condemned. Worse even taxes would have had to be raised and with this berg a blood red republican county well that didn't go anywhere.<br /><br />SJ: I like Raccoons as much as anyone but screw the Disney-esque cuddly animal crap I wouldn't get near a wild one for a million dollars.<br /><br />Goatman: You wrote:<i>Tis a problem, this mutual survival.</i><br /><br />Absolutely, and despite assurances from those great humanitarians in the republican party and their corporate hacks/masters unrestrained capitalism and bloated sprawl will come back to bite us one day with the raccoons batter able to make it through to the other side.<br /><br />MadMike: Yeah, think I said all that.<br /><br />SJ: While raccoons have the ability to mess someone up its the mountain lions you mentioned that send chills down my spine. My time in Colorado they had started building homes way up the in what had once been fairly rural country home to mountain lions. The nightly news often had reports of some jogger being stalked and attacked by a mountain lion but the most tragic was the story I heard of a little boy that disappeared while hiking through on a trail with a church group. I far as I know the body was never found but all authorities concerned felt a mountain lion had attacked dragging him off.<br /><br />Marja: Yeah, we had a possum issue as well,I mentioned it in the post. My wife had come home rather late one night and forgot to close the garage door with the night getting cold. She walked back outside to get something off a shelf only to see the possum backed up into the corner scared silly over her approach. I figure the scream my wife out after seeing teh animal must have been heard for miles.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-39874749411248002942009-10-08T22:59:03.707-04:002009-10-08T22:59:03.707-04:00Amusing your confrontation with the raccoon family...Amusing your confrontation with the raccoon family Here we encounter not many animals. I only was eye in eye once with a possum which I thought were cute. He came up to our tent on the camping to find something to eat and when I turned on my torch and saw his sharp teeth. When he saw me he run of thoughMarjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458942200244031009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-55494315434302876882009-10-08T20:49:14.197-04:002009-10-08T20:49:14.197-04:00@Beach Bum,
Yes, I agree. Raccoons are just doing ...@Beach Bum,<br />Yes, I agree. Raccoons are just doing their thing in a tighter space, as suburbs and exurbs spread, more backyards intersect their habitat. Same with Mountain Lions and Coyotes all around the country.<br />Still, those burglar masks make me reach for my wallet and keys.<br />-SJSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181694732531476160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-7949224020233559302009-10-08T18:15:24.097-04:002009-10-08T18:15:24.097-04:00The raccoons have been forced from their natural h...The raccoons have been forced from their natural habitat because of urban sprawl. I warrant they would much prefer to hunt in nature's forests as opposed to man's garbage cans.<br /><br />In reality they are highly intelligent creatures that are devoted to their families. They, like the American Indian, have been maligned for years. Yes, they are wild animals, not pets, although I know many people who have them as pets. Unfortunately after puberty they will be as ready to bite you as to give you a kiss.<br /><br />The "all raccoons have rabies" rumor is mostly a rumor. The "raccoons that come out in the day" have rabies" is also man made nonsense. A small percentage of these magnificent critters do carry the rabies titer, that, from time to time, if provoked to bite, can be transmitted. Those critters that wander about during the day usually are nursing mothers who spend all of their night time feeding and protecting their babies. They come out during the day to eat.<br /><br />The best way to protect from raccoons is to buy the garbage cans with locking lids and don't put your dog food and cat food outside. If there is o food or water source they will move on. There is no reason to kill them or to sic your dog on them. It is not their fault they have been displaced from their homes. It's our fault....Kentucky Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753739401363847764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-50491147001029776042009-10-08T18:13:02.720-04:002009-10-08T18:13:02.720-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kentucky Rainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16753739401363847764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-38103120160932043172009-10-08T15:26:37.643-04:002009-10-08T15:26:37.643-04:00Looks like you need a trusty dog to handle the loc...Looks like you need a trusty dog to handle the local wildlife! A coon once seemed to give me the finger as I tried to chase it from the back deck; this until trusty Guy my big black dog chased the bandit away with great sound and fury. My ducks are constantly bothered by the coons and the coyotes and I have lost many quackers to these hungry agressors.<br /><br />Tis a problem, this mutual survival.goatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317617928368945316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-27576611587262085172009-10-07T21:02:42.102-04:002009-10-07T21:02:42.102-04:00@Beach Bum,
Wonderful piece man, seriously.
Just h...@Beach Bum,<br />Wonderful piece man, seriously.<br />Just heard a story on news radio about a woman falling down and being attacked in her front doorway in New Jersey by racoons. It's probably a sychronized uprising, maybe they're pissed off about the healthcare debate as well, maybe they watch Glenn Beck, who knows.<br />I've only seen one up close once in my life, when I still lived in the South Bronx believe it or not, near the Botanical gardens.<br />I was shocked at its size, it was massive compared to what my expectations/preconceptions were.<br />They may be cute, they may be friendly under the right circumstances but I just don't trust any animal born with a burglar's mask and black gloves.<br />They were born to burgle.<br />-SJSJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181694732531476160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-28474062133196432442009-10-07T20:21:39.069-04:002009-10-07T20:21:39.069-04:00"Simply commercial convenience for the bloate..."Simply commercial convenience for the bloated masses at the expense of everything else"...yes,very true and well said. "My country tis of thee your dying"...made me think of that lyric from an old Buffy St. Marie song.<br /><br />As I read this post it sure did sound familiar, pretty much like the town I live in and how much it's grown and how so much land is now one new building after another. All practically on top of one another. And the traffic and the way "whoever" was in charge of how they built the new roads and signals and such to "accomadate" all this crap...well sure confuses the heck out of me. I sure would have made it much more simpler. Now everyone is passing "illegally" to the right of someone who is in their way and everyone is honking and giving one another the finger. People are always so impatient when driving..it's like some think they just "own" the darn road and everyone better just get out of their way...and I make sure I do! People like that you don't want to be driving near anyway.<br /><br />"It's a very very mad world, mad world"..by Beck...good song..<br /><br />I'm sorry but I still love the racoons, I had one living right near my house years ago and it was a friendly guy.<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />RhiRhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533771985725095499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-87237321714033986862009-10-07T18:53:49.565-04:002009-10-07T18:53:49.565-04:00Vancouver BC: Raccoons, born and raised in captivi...Vancouver BC: Raccoons, born and raised in captivity, can be nice and playful but they can turn hostile and cause extreme injury.<br /><br />As simple put as I can make it if you ever see wild raccoons grab the kids and get away. The main reason is that they catch and carry rabies very easily. But rabid raccoons, from what I have been taught, generally are loners. Two, healthy raccoons are either early day or night feeders and will defend any food they find or their young aggressively.<br /><br />Seeing these raccoons in the early afternoon for me was a shock, given what I know of their normal behavior, my only guess is that they had been pushed to such extremes looking for food because of habitat destruction or simple opportunity. Of course the possibility that one or all were infected with rabies exists but right now I'm going with the idea that rabid animals are loners.<br /><br />Sunshine: We had a bad bear issue on the coast of South Carolina twenty some odd years ago. It was development which had pushed into areas that had since colonial times been thought of as useless swamps. I don't think any of those bears, caught in someone's backyard had a happy ending. Too many gun happy hunters.<br /><br />Gwen: I hear you! Although down around your parts the iguanas worry me less than some python looking for food, crawling up next some subdivision with small children playing nearby. Now if the pythons just ate golfers I would be all for leaving them alone.<br /><br />Randal: I serious think that is coming. But it will be less birds, snakes, and raccoons with bad attitudes and bacteria or viruses that fuck our shit up. It ain't nice to fool with Mother Nature.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-42505317521796379742009-10-07T18:45:00.332-04:002009-10-07T18:45:00.332-04:00I don't have to read the news articles do I du...I don't have to read the news articles do I dude?<br /><br />Amazing how people have such short memories of what lived there prior to the 'great influx' of humanoids. <br /><br /><i>still displayed the cross and not the dollar sign on the front door.</i> I did love this line of yours because most religious groups SHOULD have the dollar sign instead of the cross. ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698117410778232102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-55095761148300167302009-10-07T15:00:48.892-04:002009-10-07T15:00:48.892-04:00I've got a coworker that loathes birds (someti...I've got a coworker that loathes birds (sometimes the pigeons will sneak into the library lobby) and I always say they're merely fighting back. If I was a member of the animal kingdom, I'd try to fuck our shit up, too.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-71346004119726447662009-10-07T10:14:56.527-04:002009-10-07T10:14:56.527-04:00Good piece! (as ever) BB.
Down my way it's ...Good piece! (as ever) BB. <br /><br />Down my way it's Iguana's. Or as I like to call them, Street Dragons! I see them daily, growing pound wise and length / girth wise... chiefly I'm wanting to know what went with my avacado's and what they had to do with that... but! They make this clocking sound (like someone has begun to play the excerpt from Monty Python as the "rode" towards the Grail via coconut shells) and thought they were doing some mating ritual amongst themselves on my back storage shed roof. Well, hell no! They were a fightin'! They are formidable down here... another example of the twisting we have given the ecosystems!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419040049480437384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-71480368141116539272009-10-07T10:05:27.272-04:002009-10-07T10:05:27.272-04:00I hate Raccoons. :)
Everytime my huband goes away ...I hate Raccoons. :)<br />Everytime my huband goes away then toss our garbage cans over and strew garbage all over the lawn. fuckers..<br /><br />I do feel sorry for these animals that are losing their homes because of us. Bears are a big problem here now. We can't even put out bird feeders. If you do .. you'll find Yogi in your backyard too....<br /><br />((Hugs))<br />LauraLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226811839348899360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-69948990252916123252009-10-07T10:02:09.425-04:002009-10-07T10:02:09.425-04:00Hi. I didn't know that people used to keep a r...Hi. I didn't know that people used to keep a raccoon as a pet. Actually I always wondered that in general the whole campaign against raccoons was so unfriendly. The reason is that there are many people who told me that these animals are so nice. But none even thought that he could have raccoon as a pet. However, these animals seem to be sometimes also very funny.<br /><br />Regards,<br />JayVancouver BC realtorhttp://jaybanks.ca/vancouver-real-estate/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-8928475301028358202009-10-06T22:57:56.789-04:002009-10-06T22:57:56.789-04:00Lime: The time frame for this being the early afte...Lime: The time frame for this being the early afternoon I considered it. Especially since raccoons are usually early morning scavengers, but there were at least one other adult with "baby" raccoons visible also. I think infected animals usually travel alone.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-52021286601158290752009-10-06T21:22:02.515-04:002009-10-06T21:22:02.515-04:00aggressive they are, but uh, did anyone consider r...aggressive they are, but uh, did anyone consider rabies perhaps?limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.com