Fang Ye finished putting the food plate, saw the barrage, and touched his chin: "Someone asked if this is a begging behavior, begging behavior means that this animal is inactive when it is in the outdoor exhibition area, so it comes to the edge of the exhibition area and waits for visitors to feed it, so that tourists can't see its natural behavior, and feeding is also bad for health, so you have to refuse to feed."

Seeing the breeder coming over with food and reaching out for food, this is actually not an act of begging, it is equivalent to your mother cooking and calling you over to eat.

When raccoons usually eat, they hold food with two paws, which does look more like begging.

This behavior is more likely than other animals to motivate visitors to feed, just look at them fat into this ball.

Therefore, our raccoon exhibition area uses a glass curtain wall barrier to block the possibility of feeding as much as possible from the physical level. ”

The doubts were solved, and some netizens asked: "Principal, why doesn't this raccoon eat and keep rubbing around?" ”

"Because they love cleanliness! The reason why it is called raccoon is because raccoons used to washing their food in water before eating, and now they have to dry clean it when there is no water. ”

"Is that so?"

Fang Ye smiled: "That's half right, the origin of the name raccoon, it is indeed like what this netizen said, because they really like to do the action of 'raccoon', in English raccoon is called raccoon, from the Indian language, which means 'scratch with your hands'."

However, the raccoon did not wash it for the sake of washing.

Their most important sensory ability is the sense of touch, especially the forepaws, which are filled with a large number of tactile receptors and nerve fibers, and are highly sensitive to the size, weight, material, and temperature of the food measured.

The outermost part of the paw is protected by a thin layer of cuticle, which softens and enhances perception when soaked in water. They use this process to choose their food and get rid of what they don't need.

So you may see that raccoons don't necessarily wash food, but they will wash everything in water with a branch or a stone, but in fact, it is with this action that they perceive the properties of objects. Moreover, raccoons can't distinguish between clean and dirty water, and often put their food in muddy water to wash it, and then the more they wash, the dirtier it gets. ”

Fang Ye then went to get a basin and took a basin of water, and put it on the floor, and sure enough, after the raccoons found out, they all held a handful of food in both hands, formed a circle on the edge of the basin, and put it in the water to scrub it!

After carefully scrubbing it several times, I put it in my mouth and ate it.

Then go back to the edge of the food plate, pick up a handful of food, and run back to the basin to repeat the cleaning action.

Netizens watched it interestingly: "Haha, this is obsessive-compulsive disorder, it's uncomfortable not to wash it!" ”

"The more you wash it, the dirtier it gets, it's okay, it's the same thing as the red panda."

Fang Ye shook his head and said: "This is wrong, raccoons just have bad eyes, IQ is very high, urbanization has brought crises to most animals, only a few animals have benefited from it, living in the city is like a fish in water, raccoons are one of them!"

They have a map of their surroundings in their heads, can actively avoid heavy traffic intersections, choose safer routes, and have 3D navigation capabilities, in addition to surface routes, they can use complex sewer lines to move around the city.

Some scientists have tested that raccoons can quickly master how to open locks, deadbolts, buttons and other mechanisms, and even can open them effortlessly in the face of combination mechanisms, and after three years, they will remember how to open each different mechanism. ”

"Wow, so smart and cute, I really want to raise one."

"Uh, can you keep raccoons? It's supposed to be a protected animal, right? ”

Fang Ye pondered: "This raccoon is the most common raccoon, named North American raccoon, just listen to the name and know that they are native to North America, not a native species of our country.

China participates in the "Washington Convention", non-native animals are protected according to the convention list, and raccoons are not endangered - because of its strong adaptability, it is rampant in many countries and regions, of course, it is not on the list of protection, so it is no problem to raise it!

But it's still not recommended to keep a raccoon as a pet, this guy is not as cute as it looks.

Raccoons have a very bad reputation in North America, they can be said to be the annoying ghosts that everyone shouts at, they will turn the trash cans upside down, steal things in groups, because of the raccoon's high intelligence, even if the food is hidden, they can't stop them, open a refrigerator to steal eggs and eat anything, make nests in the mezzanine of the ceiling and chimneys, haunt all kinds of unimaginable places, and play hide and seek with you to wreak havoc.

Forget it, wild raccoons carry a high proportion of rabies virus, as well as roundworms and ticks These parasites, humans are easily exposed to are very likely to be infected, and scratching pet cats and dogs at home is also very likely to infect cats and dogs with rabies, so there are special animal control companies in the United States, which can come and catch raccoons from the house at any time and throw them away.

In the 70s of the last century, raccoons were only raised in some zoos in RB, but with RB producing and broadcasting an anime about raccoons "Raccoon Lascal", the masses thought this thing was so cute, so it set off a raccoon craze, and a large number of North American raccoons were imported to RB as pets.

But with the breeding, the RB crowd quickly realized that this thing is not so easy to raise, it is agile, wild and untamable, and will destroy furniture. Especially when in heat, it can become very irritable and aggressive, so a large number of raccoons are raised for a period of time and then abandoned in the mountains.

Raccoons are very adaptable and have no natural predators, and the subsequent large number of raccoons causes serious problems for RB.

Including the destruction of more than 80% of RB's temples and other ancient buildings, stealing food crops, crowding out the living space of native animals, entering residents' homes to eat goldfish and cultivated fruits, and even in Hokkaido, there are raccoons who brutally bite off cows Mimi, causing serious losses to local farmers, and now RB's raccoon disaster has not been solved. ”

Netizens thought it was quite interesting at first, but after knowing the serious consequences caused by raccoons, they didn't simply feel cute when they looked at the cuteness of these raccoons washing food.

"Wow, is that scary?"

"These guys are little devils! Looking at the cuteness and love is so harmful, it seems that you really can't raise it casually. ”

"I kind of hate raccoons again."

"What's wrong with raccoons, invading the city, it's not us humans who have invaded the home that originally belonged to them."

"RB's raccoon disaster was entirely self-inflicted, because they were cute to breed them and abandon them."

Fang Ye watched netizens arguing, and muttered: "In fact, the relationship between humans and animals is not a simple matter of who retreats and who advances, but like a seesaw, which end is not good, it is not good to make a balance in it and find a way to coexist in harmony."

Okay, there will be something later, so I'll broadcast it today. ”

"Okay, goodbye, Principal!"