The days of trash-talking raccoons may be coming to an end. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology found that city-dwelling raccoons are showing early signs of domestication — and ...
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Urban Raccoons Are Showing Signs of Early Domestication, With Shorter Snouts Than Their Rural Cousins
The shorter faces of these city-dwelling trash bandits offer a telltale sign of domestication and line up with a leading ...
Sheryl Bartone, of Bartone’s Apizza, said the raccoon was never inside the family restaurant. Bartone said the raccoon, which ...
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals ...
For Sheryl Bartone, it was never just about a raccoon. The Derby pizzeria owner, who runs Bartone’s Apizza, says she was trying to help — following her heart, not breaking the law — when she and her ...
Just look at that cute little face. And those adorable paws! Who hasn't looked at a raccoon at some point and thought, "Can I ...
A dumpster-diving raccoon that got so trashed on alcohol-fermented peaches it stopped breathing was saved by bighearted Kentucky nurse Misty Combs, who brought the critter back to life with CPR, ...
Raccoons are an established part of suburban wildlife. They can live in a sewer drain, have no natural predators and get nightly handouts via outdoor pet food bowls and bird feeders. I get many ...
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