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February 24, 2014 11:30 AM   Subscribe

 
Flagged as viral marketing for Guardians of the Galaxy.
posted by straight at 11:48 AM on February 24, 2014 [18 favorites]


Raccoons don't deserve to be as cute as they are.
posted by quaking fajita at 11:50 AM on February 24, 2014 [5 favorites]


Between this and their little hands, I'm pretty certain that raccoons are actually furry little people.
posted by brundlefly at 12:01 PM on February 24, 2014 [1 favorite]


That sucker was way OCD. I prefer a less organized popping approach...
posted by Chuffy at 12:02 PM on February 24, 2014 [2 favorites]


what is the disease carrying vermin doing in the house?
posted by The Whelk at 12:06 PM on February 24, 2014 [2 favorites]


what is the disease carrying vermin doing in the house?
Watch the video. It's popping bubble wrap.
posted by perhapses at 12:12 PM on February 24, 2014 [40 favorites]


Racoon playing with sprinkler

They added harp music because for some reason they didn't think playing with a sprinkler was cute enough on its own.
posted by Joey Michaels at 12:21 PM on February 24, 2014 [4 favorites]


I hope this doesn't obscure the fact that racoons are the murderous minions of Satan.
posted by Max Udargo at 12:34 PM on February 24, 2014 [1 favorite]


God those Sochi hotels were crappy!
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 1:03 PM on February 24, 2014


But what a floor show!
posted by Kevin Street at 1:51 PM on February 24, 2014 [2 favorites]


Raccoons can and will kill you if they get the chance

With their cute little hands
posted by Ray Walston, Luck Dragon at 1:57 PM on February 24, 2014 [3 favorites]


"I killed him Max, I killed him with my adorable little paws!"
posted by The Whelk at 2:00 PM on February 24, 2014 [10 favorites]


Raccoons can and will kill you if they get the chance

I've wondered about this.

Last summer I was sitting in my backyard just as night was falling, and I suddenly saw a raccoon up on my neighbor's roof looking down at me. No big deal. Then, I saw his brother come up from the other side of the roof, and suddenly there were two raccoons looking down on me from the top of the roof ridge, not 20 feet away. Then another one, then another, then another, until finally there were 5 raccoons staring down at me. I quickly went from, "Oh, look at the cute raccoon." to, "Oh My God, there's a raccoon posse and I think they're out to get me." I decided to stop staring back and went inside for the night.
posted by marsha56 at 2:14 PM on February 24, 2014 [17 favorites]


A couple of nights after I stopped putting out dry kibble for a stray cat there came a knock at my kitchen screen door. Standing on the porch were two raccoons, on hind legs with little beggar hands in the air. I knew they had been visiting before I saw them. They always washed up in the water bowl and left it muddy.
posted by maggieb at 2:33 PM on February 24, 2014 [8 favorites]


This was much cuter than I thought it was going to be, because I read the title as "A racoon pooping bubble wrap." I thought I was going to be feeling sorry for another little animal a victim of human littering.
This was much better.
posted by MrBobaFett at 3:04 PM on February 24, 2014 [3 favorites]


I grew up with a couple of raccoons rescued when their mom died in a tornado 50 years ago. Watching this video brought back my childhood fascination with their wonderful paws. I loved taking them to a nearby creek where they would catch and eat crayfish... They would grope around under rocks with a faraway expression and instantly stiffen when they found something.

Another vivid memory is their smell, which is a not unpleasant, wild smell that was intoxicating to my six-year-old self.

They also have a shockingly painful bite.
posted by kinnakeet at 4:15 PM on February 24, 2014 [4 favorites]


From the same account: Creepy Baby Sock
posted by Joe in Australia at 4:43 PM on February 24, 2014 [7 favorites]


Wow. This thread is almost as full of win as the video
posted by eriko at 5:49 PM on February 24, 2014


My brother knows a woman who is trying to domesticate raccoons through breeding, like that guy with the foxes. I grew up in a strange place (Eugene if you must know).
posted by fiercekitten at 6:16 PM on February 24, 2014 [1 favorite]


More raccoon adorableness: I am a background blur in this video, helping to feed and cuddle orphaned baby raccoons. It was the most intensely cute experience of my life.
posted by nicebookrack at 6:17 PM on February 24, 2014 [2 favorites]


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