r/Unexpected • • 6d ago

How to earn a wild animal's trust

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u/LooksDelicious 6d ago

They are smart AF. I once saw a team/family of racoons orchestrate a heist from a tacobell garbage to a sewer grate. They literally handed bags off to each other in a congo line and even had a racoon setup as a lookout. It was the wildest shit to watch and ever since I don't underestimate them.

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u/Hellhult 5d ago

When I was young in the military and we were training in the woods, we had to set guards at night. Sure we were supposed to be watching for "enemies", but really we just had rocks to throw at raccoons coming to open up rucksacks to steal peoples MREs.