Raccoon

is one of the best for fishing in the world! At first I was squeamish, but I am accustomed to it now and actually quite accomplished. So far, my only blunder has been letting raccoons eat my day’s catches. I was quite shocked and embarrassed when I checked the drying rack before supper and found only a few fish and raccoon tracks leading away from the rack! Whenever I am not fishing, I help Mother cook, clean, and sew. (Sometimes, the men go whaling while the rest of us fish. I want to go…

Amphicynodontinae, including Parictis (late Eocene to early middle Miocene, 38–18 Mya) and the slightly younger Allocyon (early Oligocene, 34–30 Mya), both from North America. These animals looked very different from today's bears, being small and raccoon-like in overall appearance, and diets perhaps more similar to that of a badger. Parictis does not appear in Eurasia and Africa until the Miocene.[8] It is unclear whether late-Eocene ursids were also present in Eurasia, although faunal exchange…

In the article, “Are Dogs More Intelligent than Cats,” Dr. Stanley Coren provides a great point that scientists have discovered techniques to tell us whether dogs or cats are smarter. Different animals require different types of tests and obstacles to determine their strengths and weakness’ with different abilities. While testing a dog versus a cat’s ability to hunt, a dog would be faster and have stronger legs, while a cat might be more stealthy and unexpected. Coren argues “That a bigger brain…

Age and danger. No matter where you go in life these words will cling to you like weights slowly dragging you down. “You’re too old to do this, it’s dangerous”, “You’re too young to believe in that, it’s unsafe”. The message behind The-Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson and the movie Guardians of the Galaxy by James Gunn is to break these weights called age and danger, Live life to the fullest and do not let such things hold you back.…

may cause pain, fatigue, headaches, fever and irritability often followed by hallucinations,seizures and paralysis. More than 90 percent of rabies cases reported each year in the United States occur in wildlife: 36.5% raccoons, 23.5% skunks, 23.2% bats, 7% foxes and 1.8% other. Raccoons and Skunks are the common source of domestic animal rabies infection in the U.S. Rabies is a global health matter in which many human cases are underreported. Most rabies cases usually occur in countries with…

The Burmese Python is impacting the Everglades by slowly killing off the other animals and increasing their own population. An invasive species is a group of animals that are new to an ecosystem and take over a specific area. A population is a particular group, or type of people or animals in a specific area or country. Hurricane Andrew causing a reptile -breeding facility to be demolished, along with humans setting free pet snakes have made Burmese Pythons to be invasive to the Everglades,…

The reaction to Marvel’s next superhero flick has been more positive than even the optimistic main actor, Chris Pratt could have hoped for. Insanely risky, even for Marvel’s standards, Guardians of the Galaxy features a talking raccoon, a green Saldana and a talking tree. To top it all off, it’s directed by James Gunn, notorious writer of both Movie 43 and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Despite all the potential for disaster (there’s plenty), the film has been hailed as an entertaining,…

There was a protest blocking the front of the entrance way. Forrest asks a fellow student what was happening. “Coons are trying to get into the school” he replies. Forrest exclaims, “Coons? When raccoons tried getting on our back porch mama just chased them off with a broom.” The student replies, “Not raccoons you idiot. Niggers. And they want to go to school with us.” “With us? They do?” Forest continues on his way. He sees one of the black students drop her book as she was on her way inside…

“Shotgun Wedding” is a short story by Bonnie Jo Campbell that explores some interesting themes through the eyes of a young woman at her sister’s wedding. Campbell grew up on a farm in Michigan. Her experience in such a setting is evident in the way that “Shotgun Wedding” takes place “in rural and small town Michigan” (Campbell). “Shotgun Wedding” follows a woman’s observation of her younger sister’s wedding, during which she has a flashback of a time when she protected her sister from a…

Dogs and cats are animals that we often think of as pets but so many of them get left out on the streets. This is what you could do to help. Every 60 seconds a poor animal gets abused and with 1440 minutes that means that 1440 animals get abused every day, according to The American Society of Cruelty Animals. Possibly the worst type is dog fighting where dogs are forced to fight for the entertainment of their owners or for money. What youkdidn’t know is that these dogs are forced to have…