On every barn door the pelts of foxes and raccoons were stretched and nailed.
Before the surprised raccoons they began embracing each other.
The circle of raccoons springing toward a common center came together with a plump, and some of them were knocked over by their own weight.
The other raccoons followed him up there, and the leader shouted triumphantly: "Now we've got him!
In a few moments the whole colony ofraccoons were after him.
Do all raccoons wash their food before eating it," continued one of the cubs.
The raccoons nearly always dipped and washed their food in water before eating it.
He couldn't even remember what his mother looked like, and as for his brothers they were only tiny baby raccoons then and now they had grown up he would not recognize them.
Every little ear was strained to catch the slightest sound of a foot-fall, for the raccoons were still suspicious, and were ready for a trap.
What funny creatures raccoonsmust be, Little Brother!
One of the raccoons sprang forward and snapped at his tail.
Slowly then one after another of the raccoonsraised his head and sniffed the air.
That terrible, blood-thirsty hunting cry of the pack terrified the cornered raccoons so they could not move.
It was a fact that wolves never liked roots or leaves, while raccoons frequently eat both.
The three raccoons sprang toward the swaying branch and began shaking it.
At the same moment the hunting cry of the wolf pack startled the raccoons and made them crouch in terror on top of the rock.
In the cheerful cabin all is happiness; its inmates generously strive to contribute to the comfort of the stranger who has chanced to visit them; and, as Raccoons are abundant in the neighborhood, they propose a hunt.
The poor thing was stuck with a knife in the throat, after which it was placed over a hot fire outside of the fort, singed, and the hair scraped off, as I myself have treated Raccoons and Opossums.
The Raccoons scamper away from the corn-fields, break through the fences, and hie to the woods.
Our cooking utensils formed no mean display, and before a week had elapsed, Venison, Turkeys, and Raccoonshung on the branches in profusion.
The girl ran away and the raccoons ate the corn the woman was watching.
Along the river we saw the tracks of many raccoons and otters, and there were also ducks and blue herons.
The color varies in shades of gray and black, and we have a dozen records of white or albino raccoons from this county, and half that number of black or melanistic ones.
It is a poor climber, but once while hunting raccoons a dog chased one up a tree, where it was shot from a limb 20 feet above the ground.
That means that all the Raccoons look up to him and adore him and try to be exactly like him.
They came to the corn-field--to find that the raccoons had paid their visit, made their meal, and got away at the first faint signal of the approach of danger.
The old raccoons showed the youngsters what richness of sweetness lay hidden within the green wrappings of the ears; and forth-with the whole clan fell to feasting recklessly.
But at this moment the raccoons made their decision.
In less time than it takes to describe, one of the raccoons was shaken to death in the setter's great jaws, and then the other three scattered in flight.
As the raccoons crept along behind the wood-shed they smelt traces of a sickly pungent odour, and knew that other marauders had been on the ground not very long before.
When the five young raccoons came down from the sycamore and began to depend upon their own foraging, it soon became necessary to extend the range, as game grew shyer and more scarce.
At the sound of it behind them the young raccoons turned in terror, and straightway dropped from the tree; but the old mother, undaunted, darted savagely upon her foe.
Up to this time, through the hungry weeks of late winter and the first thaws, the raccoons in the old sycamore had resisted the temptation of the farmer's hen-roosts.
Of raccoons and their capabilities he had had no experience.
Having eluded, for the moment, the flaming invader of their home, the raccoons paused on the limb to survey the situation.
Then the triumphant raccoons touched noses in brief congratulation, and presently moved off to their hunting as if nothing had happened.
There were many good places for Raccoons to grip with their twenty strong claws apiece.
When the night came for the young Raccoons to climb down from their tree and learn to hunt, all the early spring blossoms were gone, and only the ripening seed-vessels showed where nodding flowers had been.
The youngRaccoons had another fine time, although Little Brother found it very uncomfortable to wear so many burrs.
Raccoons like company, and he often had friends in to sleep with him.
Raccoons cannot go very fast, and the moon was shining brightly when they reached the pond and met their six friends.
Sometimes these friends were Raccoons like himself with wives and children, and then they would talk about their families and tell how they thought their wives were spoiling the children.
When the four young Raccoons came home, it was beginning to grow light, and they kept close together because they were somewhat afraid.
Yet nearly all the trouble that Raccoons have is on account of their fur.
The mother of the four young Raccoons was out hunting and found herself near the pond.
Raccoons can never learn to dive, no matter how well they swim.
A family of six young Raccoons who lived very near the pond had found them just before sunrise, when they had to climb off to bed.
We Raccoons are too fat and slow to run away from them, and the rings on our tails and the black patches on our broad faces might show from the ground.
I rendered what assistance I could in catching raccoonsand porcupines, for these were our principal living whilst on the road.
During our stay at this camp, the old Chief killed another deer, which, with raccoons and porcupines, afforded us plenty of food.
Some local persons were surprised to hear of its presence; other persons told me that raccoons were present, but rare.
Procyon lotor pallidus Merriam Raccoon In December, 1959, three raccoons were seen on Prater Grade and later three were seen in Morfield Canyon near the tunnel.
It is a received opinion among the Indians that the snakes and raccoons are transmigratory, and that a great many of the snakes turn into raccoons every fall, and raccoons into snakes every spring.
We continued our camp at the mouth of Canesadooharie for some time, where we killed some deer and a great many raccoons; the raccoons here were remarkably large and fat.
If taken when young, raccoons make amusing pets, and become attached to their masters, but they cannot be allowed at large, for they are as mischievous as monkeys.
Opossums and raccoons are well-known denizens of trees, and both furnish famous country sports, especially in the South.
Unlike these species, our captive raccoons showed no seasonal variation in [.
Therefore, when they are in their dens, raccoons living in very cold climates also may be able to maintain homeothermy with a basal level of metabolism.
Nocturnal Movements and Behavior of Wild Raccoons at a Winter Feeding Station.
This cage prevented the raccoons from coming into contact with the walls of the chamber, yet it was large enough to allow them to stand and freely move about.
Minimum wet thermal conductance calculated for raccoons in summer with Eq.
Results$ BODY MASS According to monthly live-trapping records, the body mass of free-ranging female raccoons increased from 3.
Seasonal Weight Changes, Mortality, and Population Structure of Raccoonsin Minnesota.
Minimum conductance of our captive raccoons was lowest in winter (C{mwr} = 1.
He hunted deer with them by day, and raccoons and 'possums by night.
The man promised that he would hunt no more raccoons or 'possums or foxes, but he said he needed his dogs to hunt deer.
He said to himself that if he couldn't catchraccoons and 'possums, maybe he could catch a fox.
This happened every time the man went out to huntraccoons and 'possums.
On all other sides for a mile or more was a dense forest, where great hickory, pecan and beech trees furnished the winter provender for the grey squirrels, raccoons and opossums.
In winter his children would gather pecans and hickory nuts, while he would take the dogs and hunt raccoons and opossums, the meat of which furnished the family food, while the pelts brought a small price at the market.
That raccoons do well in captivity is well known from the many kept in zoos, parks, etc.
Large numbers of raccoons could be raised by fencing in a piece of woods, embracing a few acres, with a creek running through.
Nearest akin to this--defence by means of amputation--is the practice of bears and raccoons of amputating their limbs when caught in steel traps.
Coyotes, house cats and raccoonswere identified as predators on voles in the study areas.
Sign of raccoons was most often found near water; tracks, however, indicated that these animals, along with other carnivores, used fire roads for traveling through the chaparral.
In a small draw one-half mile east of the mouth of Thompson Canyon two raccoons were trapped although the only water was a series of small, disconnected seepage pools beneath the valley oaks.
In the autumn of 1951, raccoonsfed on grapes at the Sycamore Valley Ranch one mile south of Devore.
There wasn't any luck about the twenty runs the Raccoons made anyhow," said Norman, with a sneer.
He didn't try to strike out every man who faced him, but made it next to impossible for the Raccoons to make long hits off him, and he did have some fun with Lawrence, striking him out three times in the first six innings.
Then the Whip-poor-wills were to play the Raccoons, and finally the Crows and Raccoons were to meet.
Harry Norman, who had come out with his friend Lawrence to watch the sport, came up to Jack after the Raccoons had given this impressive exhibition of their strength.
After lunch, when the mess had been cleared away, the dishes had been washed and everything had been made neat and orderly, the championship game between the Raccoons and the Crows was called.
I wonder how that new pitcher the Raccoons have will do?
The idea of having a chance to fight a really big fire like this awoke all the enthusiasm of the Scouts of the three Patrols, the Whip-poor-wills, the Raccoons and the Crows, this last the one to which Jack and Pete belonged.
He said he had never eaten any raccoons before, and did not know that they were eatable; but now he could eat them as readily as rabbit, as they were quite as good.
It is well known that when our soldiers retook possession of Ship Island, they found plenty of raccoons on it, and ate all they could catch.
As they fought, the raccoons drew nearer and nearer to the porcupine, who did not offer to move.
Then their queer craft was swept into a side current and grounded, while the raccoons lost no time in wading to shore.
The leaves drifted to the ground where they spread a rustling carpet, hiding the sweet three-cornered beechnuts upon which squirrels and raccoons waxed fat and contented.
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