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    raccoon report Essay

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    Raccoon Report GENERAL OVERVIEW      Raccoons (Procyon lotor) belong to the Procyonidae (those who came before the dogs’ family). This highly intelligent mammal has a rounded head with a short nose, small ears, and a sturdy body with minimum-length, thick, grayish brown fur. Raccoons are easily identified by a distinctive pattern of alternating black and yellowish white rings around a large bushy tail. They are also identified by a unique narrow black face mask with two

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    How do Raccoons Adapt?

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    too low. The strategy to survival depends on the animal. Let’s talk about the Procyon lotor also known by the name raccoon (Source 2). Raccoon are nocturnal; which means they sleep in the day and are awake at night. They are also omnivore, which means plants and animals. Some plants they consume are berries, leaves and fruits, and they prey on insects, frogs and crayfish. Raccoons are found in forests, mashes prairies and in cities. These masked bandits are live many place; in a hole in a tree

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    The common raccoon (P. lotor) has been said to be one of the most widespread urban mammalian carnivores. Characterised by its fox-like face, bushy striped tail, and unmistakable “mask” of dark patches around their eyes, the growing population of urban raccoons has become somewhat of an epidemic. These small creatures are known for their relatively high intellect, enabling them to access human resources. Raccoons are omnivores, and have been consistently observed to eat virtually anything. Additionally

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    The Raccoon Zoë Munro Those oversized glowing eyes were following me, tracking my every move. What were a group of crazed Racoons doing chasing me anyway? My pyjamas were falling down around my legs, I tripped over a log, the racoons were upon me, asking for my signature and chittering with glee. A lump of fur landed on me, and was taking a selfie with their smart phones. My fame was getting out of control, these raccoon groupies were crazed. I thrashed to get it off me, waking up to discover

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    The Fight For Fur Essay

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    The Fight For Fur Not knowing what you could catch the next day is one of the greatest feelings in the world. Trapping has been in America as long as we became a county it was once a very profitable way of income and helped our economy thrive. Now many people are against it from personal beliefs of it being cruel to animals. Yet some people have it in their blood and it is a tradition for them making sure it will never die. Trapping is essential because it is an apart of our history, because it

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    Billy and his dogs had so many adventures of hunting raccoons. Billy once caught a ghost raccoon that has never been caught before all thanks to his dogs. Billy’s dogs help him become a coon hunting expert! The dogs would never let a coon go even if it was a stormy night. Old Dan and Little Ann were Billy's best friends. They would always stick together and never leave each other. One day Billy's grandfather signed him up for a raccoon hunting competition. Billy was super excited and his dogs

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    Hightower Department Stores: Imported Stuffed Animals Executive Summary On the morning of January 17, 1993, before the annual buying trip to Germany for the 1993 Christmas season, the toy buyer for the chain of Hightower Department Stores named Julia Brown was reviewing the performance of some models of stuffed animals tested for sales during 1992. Every time Julia’s on the trip, she would buy some stuffed animals for testing. Fifty was the minimum amount the manufacturers require. Based on Julia’s

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    Drilly: A Short Story

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    Remember Billy that astute sheep that got sick?Well he's healthy now very healthy actually, he has three little sheep babies. i know right impossible, but it's authentic! One of the children name is Lilly she was authenticity she knew all the answers that Billy asked. Jase the second child would always authenticate on every thing, from pearl boxes percent of counting calories. The other son's name is Christian he was the most pickiest out of all them , at the dinner table there was delicacies

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    Annie Oakley: “Littler Sure Shot” "My mother…was perfectly horrified when I began shooting and tried to keep me in school, but I would run away and go quail shooting in the woods or trim my dresses with wreaths of wildflowers." Annie Oakley, a woman not only known for being a Wild West Star, but for being an inspiring sharpshooter and hero to many women in her day, as in ours. She performed in hundreds of different shows all around and would become one of the first ladies in her time to really make

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    Adult Raccoons

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    When a mother raccoon sees an uncapped chimney, she sees a perfect nursery. It’s a safe and sheltered place to give birth to and raise her young until they are able to get around on their own. The fireplace chimney is usually preferred because the horizontal "smoke shelf " is a convenient size to nestle with her kits, but she may also use the chimney venting a furnace. ** We recommenced that you never use smoke or fire to drive animals out of chimneys! You will kill young raccoons not mature enough

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