What are some cool facts about raccoons?

8 Facts About Raccoons

• Raccoons have been around for 40,000 years.
• Raccoons migrated north by adapting to new environments and can now be found as far north as Alaska!
• Raccoons are small, have sensitive hands and can eat just about anything, making them ideal for urban life.
• Raccoons love life in the big city!

What do raccoons do when they are mad?

While a normal raccoon wouldn’t attack a person, they will sometimes “bluff” if they feel threatened or cornered. Raccoons may huff, grunt, or “charge” at you, but they’re just trying to scare you off so you’ll leave them alone.

What to do if a raccoon sees you?

If you see baby raccoons or a raccoon you encounter seems friendly, let them be….The best offense is a good defense.

1. Secure your trash can lids.
2. Don’t feed raccoons – either on purpose or accidentally.
3. You will never need to remove raccoons or other animals from your home if you never let them inside in the first place.

What do raccoons do when scared?

When raccoons are in frightening situations, they often respond by vocalizing defensively. They produce a lot of defensive sounds, including barking, hissing, screaming, shrieking and growling. Their growling has a guttural quality to it.

Are racoons intelligent?

According to a variety of studies, raccoons are very intelligent. Vanderbilt University researchers found that raccoons have an average of 438 million neurons in a relatively small brain, which places them on the higher end of the mammal intelligence scale.

What noises do raccoons hate?

As a general rule, raccoons are repelled by the sound and noise from wind chimes, radios set to a conversational station that mimicks human voice, bioacoustics from other animal noises, shouting, firecrackers, and the banging of pots and pans.