Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication. “City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout — a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals.”
Advertise here with Carbon Ads
This site is made possible by member support. 💞
Big thanks to Arcustech for hosting the site and offering amazing tech support.
When you buy through links on kottke.org, I may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks for supporting the site!
kottke.org. home of fine hypertext products since 1998.
Beloved by 86.47% of the web.
Comments 4
When I think about what it cost us to get raccoons and their effluvia out of our attic, I shudder to think that raccoons are becoming even more entitled. They're cute, of course, and incredibly smart, but they are very destructive when they think they should be living in some part of your home.
My parents in 1968 brought a raccoon into their home near the Concord River in Massachusetts. "Bandit" was mighty good at opening cupboards, that's the story we heard about the unusual pet. And when their first child came along that same year, they chose their newborn over the raccoon, who got a little too close one day. They simply put the li'l guy back out and no one was the worse for wear, so we heard.
Maybe, but up here they still seem committed to growing up to become roadkill.
OTOH, the other day I saw an eagle trying to achieve the same state. It was close! If I was the other driver...
I'm looking forward to raccoons with pug noses and Corgi legs.
Hello! In order to comment or fave, you need to be a current kottke.org member. If you'd like to sign up for a membership to support the site and join the conversation, you can explore your options here.
Existing members can sign in here. If you're a former member, you can renew your membership.
Note: If you are a member and tried to log in, it didn't work, and now you're stuck in a neverending login loop of death, try disabling any ad blockers or extensions. Or try logging out and then back in. Still having trouble? Email me!
In order to comment or fave, you need to be a current kottke.org member. Check out your options for renewal.
If you feel like this comment goes against the grain of the community guidelines or is otherwise inappropriate, please let me know and I will take a look at it.
This thread is closed for new comments & replies. Thanks to everyone for participating!