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Raccoons are incredibly common here in Downtown Toronto. A friend of mine even had issues with them coming onto her 4th story balcony and throwing her flower pots to the ground below. They're also no longer scared of humans at all, and will either completely ignore you or become aggressive.

I think we'll have to start culling them within a few years, they're becoming an infestation and are simply too intelligent for their own good.

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>I think we'll have to start culling them within a few years, they're becoming an infestation and are simply too intelligent for their own good.

i wonder why we tend to treat that as infestation instead of celebrating that at least some wildlife is able to coexists with us. We lived in a house in Palo Alto and the big family of racoons lived under the house and on the nearby redwoods. It was pretty enjoyable and fun.

It's definitely not fun. City raccoons here are very aggressive and a big nuisance. They rip apart and shred any containers that have the sent of food, and are carriers of several diseases.

While they can look cute and furry, from my experience, they are far from.

The Uplift War begins.

the human species delays its own uplift by failing to recognize and treat accordingly the other sentient species. As the representative of higher civilization clearly said to humans long time ago - treat others like you want to be treated yourself - very simple benchmark by meeting which humans will show that they are ready to move to the next step on the ladder.

Must watch "Pom Poko (1994)", if you haven't already.

I, too, have always wanted to beat away police officers with my testicles. [0]

[0] http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlft8n_pom-poko-balls-again...

(not really NSFW unless you work for some ultra-conservative group of some sort. It's from an animated film.)

A few people catch and eat them in Detroit

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20090402/METRO08/90402039...

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