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Raccoon<\/h1>\n \n <\/div>\n\n
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Many people see the black stripe on a raccoon\u2019s face as a burglar\u2019s mask! In urban areas, raccoons find an abundant food source in trash cans and, more generally, around homes, which they don\u2019t hesitate to visit or even take over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The popular belief that raccoons wash their food before eating it stems from their feeding behavior. It generally feeds on small aquatic animals and often rubs its food between its paws as if kneading it. Thus, piles of clam shells on the bank of a stream or broken stalks in cornfields are signs of its presence. Primarily nocturnal, it climbs trees with ease thanks to its nimble fingers and sharp claws.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Description<\/h2>\n \n

Procyon gloveralleni<\/p>\n \n

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Raccoons were introduced to Germany and France in the 1920s, during the heyday of the fur trade. As pets of American soldiers, some were released after NATO bases closed in the 1960s.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n

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The raccoons found in northeastern France are descended from both the expanding French population in the Aisne region and the German population.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n

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The English name \u201craccoon\u201d comes from the Native American word \u201carakun,\u201d which means \u201cone who scratches with its hands.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n

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As an omnivore, the raccoon eats whatever it can find: insects, eggs, rodents, fish, frogs, fruit, birds\u2026<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/section>\n\n\n

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