Hear, hear! Raccoons can easily kill a large dog.
On 10/14/09 5:46 PM, "missthin" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Well yes raccoons can be cute, especially the little ones. They are also > fierce, nasty and can carry rabies. They will get into and tear your trash > apart, in the summer if you have one of those above-ground put together pools > they'll tear them up. They'll leave lovely piles of very stinky "thank-yous" > when they're done. My roommate and I were literally chased (screaming like > girls) up the front steps of the house by a LARGE male raccoon. They move > fast! also do this weird growl/snarl thing and bare their teeth. Not > something you want your first-grader to ever run into. > > If at night, depending on where you live, you hear weird noises - not cats > meowing or squirrels - raccoons make a pretty distinctive sound, you can just > hold her up to the window and let her look out at them. But if I were you I > wouldn't go outside to try to get closer. > > Wendy > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Mimi Iijima <[email protected]> > wrote: >> My first-grader and I would like to hear about raccoon sightings in the >> neighborhood. Inspired by the children's classic book Owl Moon, my daughter >> is interested in going to spot nocturnal animals -- the cute ones, that is. >> Please e-mail off-line. >> >> Thank you for your help! >> >> R. Mimi Iijima and Nao Minicola :-) >> >> >> Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now. >> <http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/> >> >
