washing and washing are healthier, it seems that the little raccoon has been upholding the living habit.
circulated a lot of videos of little raccoons washing things on the Internet. The most impressive thing is washing marshmallows.
finally got a marshmallow, and was happy to take it in the water and "wash it" and prepare to eat it. Unexpectedly, the marshmallow disappeared in an instant, leaving only a blank raccoon.
The little raccoon washes a lot of things. In addition to marshmallows, there are stones, fruits, and even clothes, all of which are washed in style.
Is the little raccoon really the "cleanliness king" of the animal kingdom? Let's get to know this little animal together.
cute? No, it's the downright dirty thief
little raccoon, the scientific name North American raccoon, this is a creature that looks stupid and cute.
is of medium size, with gray-brown hair, a pair of cute "cat ears", and black eye spots around the eyes, as if wearing a blindfold, so it has the title of "masked thieves".
As a wild animal, the adaptability of the little raccoon is super strong.
When humans continue to invade the homes of animals, many wild animals are in the environment where they coexist due to their inability to adapt, and their numbers are drastically reduced, and they are even on the verge of extinction. However, the little raccoon has shown extraordinary resilience.
It knows traffic roads, avoids passing vehicles, twists bottle caps, and digs through trash cans for food.
Not only is it not afraid of humans, but it also actively integrates into human life. Sometimes it will take the initiative to steal food in the human living space for a bite. The cat food and dog food in the yard disappear for no reason, mostly it is dry.
In North America, baby raccoons are thieves through and through, often sneak into residents' homes in the middle of the night to steal food.
When you are fascinated by its timid expression when it steals things with both hands, you still have to advise everyone to be rational, after all, it is a "thief".
stealing food may be the instinct of animals, but the pots and pans, keys, mobile phones and other things at home are also the main targets of theft. It has a soft spot for those shiny things.
From these behaviors, it can be seen that the life of the little raccoon is not very rigorous. How can such a shameless behavior be related to the "cleanliness" of washing and loving cleanliness by going through the trash can, stealing food from other pets?
Now we need to explore, why does little raccoon wash things? The answer of
may surprise people, because looking at very clean behavior, in fact, it is not to clean the food deliberately, but to determine whether the food on the hand can be eaten.
At the beginning, scientists believed that the little raccoon liked to wash things because it had no salivary glands, so it could not secrete saliva. Before eating, it would put the food in water to moisten it to facilitate swallowing.
But in fact, after many verifications by scientists, it was discovered that when there is no water source around, the little raccoon will roll things around. Therefore, it is believed that such behavior is not mainly for cleaning, but for confirming whether the thing on hand is food.
Raccoons are different from humans. Humans collect information about the surrounding world mainly through vision, while raccoons collect information mainly through touch.
When a raccoon touches an object, it collects nearly two-thirds of sensory data from the cell. The receptors on paws are four to five times that of most mammals. This allows raccoons to hold, manipulate and understand objects like humans and other primates.
wets the food mainly to collect more sensory information from the nerve endings of the paw.
Because the hand is wet, it will increase the sensitivity of the nerve endings on the palm, enhance the raccoon’s sense of touch, and can more quickly recognize whether the hand is edible.
In 1986, the research team conducted a study on 136 raccoons and found that moistening the skin on their paws can significantly increase their sensitivity.
The way raccoons use water to enhance their sense of touch is similar to the way humans use light to see things. When people are wearing sunglasses, they will take off the sunglasses and let more light enter the eyes to distinguish the objects in front of them.
is very important for raccoons because of its drinkingEating habits are too bad. They steal food and pick up food from trash cans. Therefore, every bite of food in your mouth must be clear about what it is and whether it is edible.
talked about it, just for a bite.
Finally,
little raccoon's timid expression and stupid appearance, many people fall for it and want to treat it as a pet.
But in fact, little raccoons are not suitable for pets.
On the one hand, it cannot be domesticated. Raccoons are not social animals. Raising small raccoons will put pressure on it. It will tear down the house like Erha and will actively attack its owner;
On the other hand, small raccoons carry multiple viruses. And parasites, rabies virus is one of them, and it is not a good kind. The omnivorous eating habits of
make its teeth extremely lethal, and its sharp claws are also its weapons of injury. It is not easy to fight, but cats and dogs are not necessarily their opponents. The sharp claws can easily blind the pet's eyes, or even pierce the chest and abdomen to death. The most important thing about
is that it is not afraid of humans at all, so wounding incidents are common.
