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Raccoon thread

Frank Gulotta

Frank Gulotta

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Free raccoons goddammit!
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Sam Akuchin Wamm

Sam Akuchin Wamm

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Tacoshark said:
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you might not be that far from the truth here.

primates are known to ride the back of hogs so as to scare away threats and have the pig hunt for food for them.

raccoons also have opposable thimbs and can climb almost as easily as a monkey.

it kinda makes sense they would have done the same.
 
Yastreb

Yastreb

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Sam Akuchin Wamm said:
you might not be that far from the truth here.

primates are known to ride the back of hogs so as to scare away threats and have the pig hunt for food for them.

raccoons also have opposable thimbs and can climb almost as easily as a monkey.

it kinda makes sense they would have done the same.
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No, actually they don't have opposable thumbs:



Raccoons still have very good hands, probably the best you will find outside primates. Thay are also really intelligent.

Meanwhile: 'Masked bandits': Raccoons break into bank in California
 
Sam Akuchin Wamm

Sam Akuchin Wamm

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Yastreb

Yastreb

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Sam Akuchin Wamm said:
the topmost digit can rotate which makes it opposable
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Not according to Wikipedia.
The raccoon's paws lack an opposable thumb; thus, it does not have the agility of the hands of primates.[101][103]
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Their references are "MacClintock, Dorcas (1981). A Natural History of Raccoons" and "Zeveloff, Samuel I. (2002). Raccoons: A Natural History".

But I suppose there are different leves of opposability.
 
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Seph

Seph

Feeling double cheeked up right now
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