Please say No when raccoons biting on you
June 3, 2017 6:23 PM Subscribe
Cat cafes... dog cafes... Raccoon cafes? [captions] A more extensive, cuter look at the Seoul raccoon cafe [Korean audio, English subtitles] One more, because why not (bonus capybaras!)[music only]
awww, they're so cute (I watched second link).
I used to have a raccoon that would sit on my window ledge and look in at me and it really scared me. There were several living on the roof and they would make a ruckus every night, so my landlord said they were going to put traps up there. Now I feel sad and guilty. They seem so smart and fun. (but for sure I would have freaked out if one from outside got into my apartment).
posted by bearette at 7:19 PM on June 3, 2017
I used to have a raccoon that would sit on my window ledge and look in at me and it really scared me. There were several living on the roof and they would make a ruckus every night, so my landlord said they were going to put traps up there. Now I feel sad and guilty. They seem so smart and fun. (but for sure I would have freaked out if one from outside got into my apartment).
posted by bearette at 7:19 PM on June 3, 2017
I think raccoons are adorable but I don't think I could ever feel relaxed around a raccoon.
posted by bonobothegreat at 7:22 PM on June 3, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by bonobothegreat at 7:22 PM on June 3, 2017 [3 favorites]
I had a couple of semi-tame raccoons as a kid, but they wound up returning to the wild. I also used to live in Hongdae, very close to where that cafe is now.
Still not into going there. Something about it gives me the squicks.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 7:40 PM on June 3, 2017
Still not into going there. Something about it gives me the squicks.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 7:40 PM on June 3, 2017
I mean they're cute, but the things they'll do to chickens…
posted by wotsac at 7:48 PM on June 3, 2017
posted by wotsac at 7:48 PM on June 3, 2017
A family of raccoons got friendly with me my first summer in Toronto, a couple of apartments ago. We all liked hanging out on my deck, as the tree that shaded it was the main route from the abandoned courtyard where they lived and the rooftops where they seemed to get around. They got used to me, lying in the hammock I'd strung up to the tree and the younger ones started approaching, grabbing onto me with their smooth little fingers. One, slightly bolder, was like a puppy, nipping and wanting to play fight.
posted by Flashman at 7:53 PM on June 3, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Flashman at 7:53 PM on June 3, 2017 [2 favorites]
I was going to post something about battling wild raccoons back when I had backyard ducks but I thought, nah, don't threadshit. But then I got to part in the video were the raccoons in the cafe start attacking the recording equipment and fighting...
posted by not_the_water at 8:46 PM on June 3, 2017
posted by not_the_water at 8:46 PM on June 3, 2017
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I don't know how raccoons ended up in Korea, but in Japan they were imported as gifts for children after they saw a cartoon. Now Japan has a huge problem with the invasive species.
posted by AFABulous at 10:13 PM on June 3, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by AFABulous at 10:13 PM on June 3, 2017 [1 favorite]
I don't think I could ever be relaxed around a raccoon because they're a bit infamous where I'm from for carrying rabies. Any raccoon that's not running from you is considered a threat, it's possible rabies behavior. However, I now live in Japan, which is an official Rabies-Free Zone (no kidding, it was a laborious and expensive 6 month process just to bring my dog) and most people find raccoon adorable and not at all threatening.
posted by gloriouslyincandescent at 2:03 AM on June 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by gloriouslyincandescent at 2:03 AM on June 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
Cute raccoon found it's way into the walls of the upstairs neighbor one night, totally ruined their living room before the animal control officer could be located. But so cute sitting on the lovely white couch.
posted by sammyo at 5:48 AM on June 4, 2017
posted by sammyo at 5:48 AM on June 4, 2017
My wildlife rehabber partner outright refuses to work with raccoons due to raccoon roundworm. It can survive on surfaces for something upwards of a decade, and the only reliable way to kill it is fire. So if you're a rehabber who works with raccoons, you basically need a special raccoon-only cage that you never use for any other species and can survive having its content burned between patients. (Which is how the larger rehab operation she worked at used to handle them.)
I'm sure the cafe screens its critters for illnesses like roundworm, but even still...
They're cute buggers, though.
posted by tobascodagama at 6:48 AM on June 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
I'm sure the cafe screens its critters for illnesses like roundworm, but even still...
They're cute buggers, though.
posted by tobascodagama at 6:48 AM on June 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
Raccoon cafes?
Around these parts we call those "green bins."
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:02 AM on June 4, 2017 [9 favorites]
Around these parts we call those "green bins."
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 7:02 AM on June 4, 2017 [9 favorites]
I would totally live with capybaras. Their adorableness is irresistable to me.
posted by yoga at 7:58 AM on June 4, 2017
posted by yoga at 7:58 AM on June 4, 2017
Capybara PSA: Toronto's famous escapee capybaras, Bonnie and Clyde, recently had a litter of three.
You can help name them.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:22 AM on June 4, 2017
You can help name them.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:22 AM on June 4, 2017
Around these parts we call those "green bins."
Aww, I started feeling sorry for the little guys.
My apartment building has a large dumpster like this. One day I lifted the lid and saw a pair of eyes staring at me from the darkness. I screamed and slammed it shut. Something had previously chewed or scratched a hole between the lids, so the raccoon hurriedly climbed out through it and took off like a shot. I open it extremely slowly now - my main fear is getting a raccoon in the face.
posted by AFABulous at 5:09 PM on June 4, 2017
Aww, I started feeling sorry for the little guys.
My apartment building has a large dumpster like this. One day I lifted the lid and saw a pair of eyes staring at me from the darkness. I screamed and slammed it shut. Something had previously chewed or scratched a hole between the lids, so the raccoon hurriedly climbed out through it and took off like a shot. I open it extremely slowly now - my main fear is getting a raccoon in the face.
posted by AFABulous at 5:09 PM on June 4, 2017
For those of us without garage raccoons (reddit link).
posted by Hactar at 1:13 PM on June 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Hactar at 1:13 PM on June 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
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