Gang of Raccoons Mobs Woman in Casper Hotel Parking Lot
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This a relatively large lot (being at the round-turn point of a one-way route), with both personal vehicles and tour busses coming and going. There are also a lot of baboons. On the narrow-ish mountain road up and down, these already pester the vehicles every way they can, but once parked, it's when things get truly special, especially for the tour busses.
First, the baboon females parade past a bus, with infants on their back. The tourists are delighted by this, and rush out with their cameras. Then, the females retreat into the bushes, which further distracts the humans.
Then, the males, which have been hiding in the nearby trees, descend upon the bus, and absolutely ransack it. Everything that can be taken (and that's mostly bags and coats) gets dragged into the trees. Then, they triumphantly go through the loot, redistribute anything that's edible or otherwise interesting, and toss the rest.
It's scary how well these animals instinctively understand the way we behave...
Hell, my cat knows when it's time to eat.
This feels more like a situation where the baboons realized that "these humans have yummy stuff" followed by "hey, and this is how we can distract them in order to grab it"
But, well, semantics...
It might mean that to you, but that's absolutely not what I meant to convey.
But, as with most situations, "let's put up a sign" somehow didn't resolve the issue...
p.sure baboons can't read signs...
I was never as scared of wildlife in my life, as one time in a Malaysian tourist trap that housed a gang of baboons. Jesus, they were ferocious. Once the mood changed, there was no stopping them.
> this parasite's eggs are easy to acquire, able to live for years, extremely resistant to many disinfectants, and cause serious infections in humans with poor treatment options
We have about 4-5 raccoons that visit my yard once a week or so (more in the summer). They like to defecate at the base of our trees. I usually boil a large pot of water and pour it over the poops to kill off any of the parasite eggs.
Wait till you find out all the crazy diseases that humans can carry.
I've had racoons living near by come through my yard routinely, and have even fed some occassionally, but to have so many come out all at once seems like some sort of symptom.
My theory: too many primates! To solve all of humanity's and the rest of world's problems, reduce the number of humans to 1/10th.
Then there's plenty of room and food for all...
Usually during the day, they'll just scurry as fast as possible to stuff their fat bodies into the nearest curbside sewer drain. If they don't, I'd get away.
The bears get there first, then the raccoons...
One night I came home from work to find an army (maybe a dozen) of raccoons ripping up my lawn with their little hands. Just peeling up the turf. Turned out I had grubs.
Lately, I don't see them. I wonder if the city did something to limit the population. I still see some holes in my lawn where they're testing for grubs, so the population is not zero.