Urban Raccoon

RU not more clever

than your country cousins?

RU not one of the most

dedicated animal mothers?

RU not changing your brain

by solving modern problems

in the constant quest for food?

RU sure you’re not a primate?

RU?

I wouldn’t be surprised

to hear, some day, that

UR.

Stella Castella

I recently watched a very interesting documentary about raccoons – particularly the large populations inhabiting cities. Unlike lots of situations where humans are encroaching on animal habitat, the reverse seems to be the case here. All raccoons have remarkably human-like hands and feet and seem to me to resemble lemurs at least a little bit, but these urban dwellers are devising new tricks all the time to meet their needs. It just seems so smart!