1. Shake The Raccoon
When we agreed to save an mistreated Great Dane, i was made aware that she had some
idiosyncrasies in terms of her behavior. At first , it appeared the biggest of those was her paranoia in
being left on it's own.
She'd been saved from a physician's home where she have been crated night and day , devoid of
human contact for the most part. Your woman literally couldn't stand to end up being alone as well as
would nearly go berserk if you left her.
The just time she'd tolerate was being left in the car for your woman loved to ride. Your woman loved
traveling in the car a lot , that you could not under any circumstances leave your car windows down
when parked. She'd leap within and be sitting in the owner's seat awaiting you. It was difficult as soon
as she had been there to unseat her , despite my personal many pleads reminding her that your
woman didn't possess a license they are driving.
Living on a seriously wooded plantation in rural West va , Queen Samantha (or Queenie, as we called
her) soon settled within and grew to become a much much loved member of our family. When I say
your woman was my personal constant companion , that is absolutely no exaggeration. If you walked
over the room, she'd escort a person each and every time. Escorting in her mind , also meant she
needed to be touching a person , or leaning against a person in some manner.
However, Queenie would leave a person in a heart-beat, if your woman detected in a manner that the
raccoon had been nearby the home. You could take her out on a stroll away from the house and
exactly what she regarded as her "territory " -- and she or he would ignore raccoons, however let 1
get near her house and her family, and it was "tremble a coon" time.
This proved helpful for all of us, since the raccoons were a pest when this came to getting into the
poultry house. Additional predators wouldn't come near it, because our 8 hunting dogs were inside a
kennel right next to this. Raccoons, however , were quickly smart enough to realize the dogs were
penned up and couldn't get at all of them.
Queenie was a fuss colored great dane , who when standing high could appear my six-foot husband
in the eyes. Her method of searching raccoons ended up being to tree all of them and remain
stretched at the base of the tree , leaping from them, as well as tormenting all of them. Heaven help
the coon that unwittingly chose a young tree that was not sturdy enough to withstand her shaking the
tree. There was never a time when any raccoon got the best of her.
She knew that eventually that raccoon was decreasing that tree and once on the ground she could
out-run all of them and out fight all of them. She would simply grab all of them by the back of the neck
and with a few vigorous smoothies , they were lifeless. Once a lifeless raccoon, they held absolutely
no interest on her. Her work was done and it was time for a consume of drinking water and a snooze.
Our cabin sat on the top of the hill overlooking a large fish-pond and the hollow below. It was a late
Friday night when everyone human as well as non-human had been settled set for the night. We soon
realized that the hair on the back of Queenie's neck was standing , and she had been staring intently
outside. Soon , her suspicions were verified when the country alarm system -- our household geese --

2. sounded the alarm that something or even someone who did not belong had been outside.
Grabbing his rifle, his railroad lantern, and phoning Queenie to his aspect , Bill went the door to
investigate. I was watching from the safety of the picture window. Within a few moments , Queenie
competed to the other part of the fish-pond and was tall towards a tree in full attack mode.
The geese were soon squawking from full volume , the african guineas were sounding their own
alarm as well as running around like crazy , the hens were cowering in their hen house, as well as our
searching dogs were beginning the bark-a-thon likely to be heard for miles.
Now particular what we were dealing with, i flipped the switches upon at each floodlight mounted in
the yard, as well as our location was lighted up just like a gaudy xmas display.
Queenie had a classic mamma coon and her five children treed inside a cypress tree that was half
within and half out of the fringe of the pond. Dishonoured around that tree trunk area , our light fawn
colored Great Dane soon was caked in mud and rotting leaf muck.
I watched bill attempt several times to shoot the raccoon down in the tree, however he did not seem
to get his weapon aimed in the right manner.
Soon, the widow living nearest to us (two miles down the hollow) had been angrily worrying on the
phone that our dogs were producing her dogs bark. An hour later, some of the local males started
turning up in their pickups , as word was out thanks to the widow with the big mouth. 2 hours later, it
was a regular searching party in the loosest terms.
Nine men, a few standing around at the back of their own pickups, other people settling within
camping chairs circled the tree at a short range. I didn't have to go down presently there to know that
money was being placed in the pot upon who would win the raccoon vs. Dog war. I didn't have to
worry about my husband getting cold as soon as I noticed Ralph distribute his famous home made
hooch.
No point in watching the vision of soon-to-be drunk hillbilly men, the crazy dog , and a raccoon.
Earplugs into muffle the noise from the still barking dogs and the stereo resulted in loud -- I tried to
obtain some sleep as it had been nearing midnight.
Sometime near beginning , I got up when I recognized I was still alone in the home. Down on water-
feature , the dog had been laying at the base of the tree still awaiting her prey. Two from the men had
given up or even given into their wives guidelines and had gone home. 1 saner, or the more soberer
one, had been asleep in the cab of his pick-up. The other 5 were possibly napping or even passed
out with guns beside or in their laps , perched within camping chairs , completely not aware -- judging
by their own heads resting on their boxes.
That was as well funny to resist the temptation of sneaking lower the slope to take a picture of. I
figured their wives might want to have proof of the reason why they were out all night doing-God-
knows-what.
Camera in hand, approaching the edge from the pond, i noticed that in spite of her lounging at rest,
Queenie was wide awake, eyes still focused above her. The only sounds now were snores as well as
snorts, which other famous unmentionable free-will sound that grown males seem to delight in
making when around additional men.

3. Just when i started to the house, all mayhem as well as foolishness shattered loose when for what
ever dumb reason , that mamma coon decided it was time in the future down from the tree. I whirled
around to see her within mid-air jumping into the fish-pond with Queenie diving within right behind
her.
Apparently, our geese were watching too because their shrieks and the splashing from the dog as
well as raccoon had West va men half falling out of the canvas chairs , as they came awake in a
hurry. Some, within their hooch inspired alertness, discovered themselves on the floor tangled within
their chairs.
Fifteen year old Ace slid from his chair towards the muddy banks of the fish-pond , tried to operate in
his exhilaration and had been now in the water. Fuzz, his father, attempting to save his boy, tripped
over his own untied boot and arrived face down. Kenny was right now standing up hollering
something his devout christian wife would have washed his mouth out for outside his pick-up. Easy
going ralph tried to get a scope on the raccoon. My husband just was quietly watching in his typical
nothing-upsets-me fashion. This was soon to change, since the five young raccoons who would been
up in the tree all night came scurrying lower that tree. They scattered in all directions trying to get
away.
It was a humorous sight in men and raccoons all running in different directions , with all children
escaping properly. Meanwhile, Queenie and aged mamma raccoon were using a time. That Great
Dane nearly lost the raccoon, because she was not as fast in the water as the raccoon. Yet, in some
way she managed to grab her by a foot and pull her towards the muddy shoreline. Soon, an entire
lotta shaking ended the drama from it all.
In the finish , the human winners split the pot of money. Then, all the men going down to the
neighborhood diner in our one- stop-light-town, to tell tales of dogs and raccoons. Queenie and that i
went back as much as the house so we could offer her a bath. The gentle inactive that your woman
was by nature , was so exhausted she could barely remain , and she was even too exhausted to eat.
By noon , she as well as my husband were snoring away on the individual couches in the living room,
where they would remain unmoving within tandem searching dreamland until the next morning.
Raccoons are cousins of the bear and in the Ursus family, more closely the cousins of the long-tailed
bears in the animal kingdom.
The raccoon or even "coon" as he is known more than much of the places he or she lives, is familiar
to a lot of. To some they are cute, to others they are pets, a few see all of them as dangerous , and
still other people see all of them as a nuisance. There are great and valid reasons for all those
viewpoints.
In past , the raccoon owed his popularity to his hair in a time when coonskin coats were created. Back
then, the general rule could be that the darker the raccoon, the more valuable had been his hair.
Raccoons were even selectively bred for the valued black specimens and albinistic specimens.
Thankfully today creatures aren't dropping their life as much as they did previously all in the name of
fashion.
The raccoon is a stockily built animal about two feet lengthy. His butt , about 10 inches lengthy , has

4. bands of black and light hair. His muzzle is sharp , and throughout his encounter is a black strip that
looks like a mask.
The color of the coat varies considerably. Brown gray is the chief colour. However, a few specimens
have much more dark brown along with gray tips on the longer hairs.
The raccoon is found throughout the majority of the United statistics. To the north its variety extends
however a short way into southern north america , but to the south it ranges through central america
to northern South America.
The raccoon likes drinking water and is a strong swimmer. It's favorite home is by the coast line of
ponds and lakes , or together streams where it can puddle in the water for morsels of food. It is very
fond of crayfish, mussels, along with other forms of drinking water life which it discovers by
perspective of mud using its forefeet.
It also eats fish , frogs, parrots , eggs, lizards , fruit, as well as vegetables. This enjoys raiding
cornfields when the corn is on the ear nearly fresh.
The raccoon is a great climber and usually makes it's den in the hollow of the tree. The young are
usually born within April or even early might. There are generally from three to six in the litter box. In
june the young may appearing sunning on their own in the branches outside the living room hole.
A month later, they accompany mom on her searching expeditions. These young stay with the
parents until the following spring.
The raccoon goes into an incomplete hibernation within Northern says. During the colder part of the
winter season they may living room up inside a hollow tree , very often the entire family together , and
remain there until the approach of spring. Their own thick hair keeps all of them warm.
The raccoon is purely nocturnal. It is seldom overseas during the day, although occasionally it takes
sun baths well up among the branches of a tree.
Raccons are infamously smart as well as sometimes this will make them an unwelcome neighbors. If
caught young as well as brought up by hand , raccoons make interesting pets. However, it is seldom
that the raccoon captured when fully grown actually becomes completely tame.
In Northern south usa , there is a number of Crab-eating raccoons. They are very similar to the
common raccoon within outward look , but they have much shorter hair.
Consequently, it's the appearance of a much longer-legged animal.
The Coati is about the size of the raccoon, but includes a long butt and a lengthy snout-like nasal
area. There are two primary forms of these animals, the White-nosed Coati, found through northern
south america to panama -- and the Red Coati, found throughout northern south usa , as much south
because Paraguay.
The Coati is more arboreal in routines than the common raccoon (Arboreal meaning living in trees).
Generally going about within droves, Coatis search both the ground as well as trees for food, which
consists mostly of fruits and veggie matter. They also eat lizards , birds, eggs , and insects.
They do most of their searching during the daylight hours.
A Coati bakes an interesting and amusing pet (although not recommended) and is often kept by
natives in south usa. It has an endearing type of awkwardness.

5. It is a myth that they are ant people , but because of their long snouts will often be touted as ould like
eaters.
Another cousin from the raccoon is the little Cacomistle, or Ring-tailed cat, an alert searching animal
that dwells within western the united states from or south to Panama.
In common , the color from the Cacomistle is pale yellow-colored gray along with numerous black
hairs scattered over it's back as well as head.
Its head and body are about 30 inches lengthy , and its superbly ringed butt is about 15 inches
lengthy. The Cacomistle is known by many different names , including the Civet cat as well as
Bassaris.
The Kinkajou is a long-bodied, brief legged reddish brown animal with a prehensile, or clasping tail.
The Kinkajou is also another cousin of the raccoon.
It has frequently been misnamed "honey bear " which it's not. This stems from it becoming fond of
honey. They mainly feed on fresh fruit and in yesteryear have frequently been well-liked pets.
The Kinkajou inhabits the forests through central south america to main Brazil. Arboreal in routine , it
rarely descends to the ground , finding living among the branches of the trees-- fruit along with other
vegetation as well as birds' eggs.
The Bassaricyon looks like the Kinkajou and it too is a raccoon cousin. It appears so closely like the
Kinajou that unless both creatures are closely examined, they can be mistaken for each other.
However within skull characteristics , they differ widely. Skulls are one method by which creatures are
classified.
The Bassaricyon offers forty tooth , the same quantity as the raccoon, while the Kinkajou has
however thirty-six. Within habits these creatures less difficult the same. The Bassaricyon is found in
the jungles of main American as well as northern south usa.
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