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My Pet Orangutan

(9,176 posts) Mon Nov 30, 2020, 10:19 AM Nov 2020

You ever seen a lazy raccoon?

Love this Covid ad, but the Germans don't seem to know much about raccoons.

We did - absolutely nothing - being as lazy as raccoons. Maybe, if they got to around putting the trash out in raccoon territory, they might have learned something about our not so lazy little critters.

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You ever seen a lazy raccoon? (Original Post) My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 OP

Maybe not lazy but fat exboyfil Nov 2020 #1

Love that ad. underpants Nov 2020 #2

Racoons are smart, and are only lazy when they can be. Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #3

'hundreds of trashcans full of yummy tidbits' My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #4

... My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #5

Pet raccoons could be really lazy. LisaL Nov 2020 #6

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)

1. Maybe not lazy but fat

Reply to My Pet Orangutan (Original post)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 10:27 AM

Nov 2020

Very very fat. We have a storm drain in front of our house. It is also known as our street's entrance to the raccoon subway. We see them all the time. Fortunately they stay out of the back yard usually so they haven't hurt or killed our dogs.

underpants

(182,595 posts)

2. Love that ad.

Reply to My Pet Orangutan (Original post)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 10:43 AM

Nov 2020

Roisin Ni Fiachra

(2,574 posts)

3. Racoons are smart, and are only lazy when they can be.

Reply to My Pet Orangutan (Original post)

Mon Nov 30, 2020, 11:00 AM

Nov 2020

If a racoon has water and abundant food nearby (like hundreds of trashcans full of yummy tidbits) they won't travel much.

But racoons in wild desert areas often have to travel a ways and be a lot more industrious to find their dinner.