Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: One for the Vets, 1 by Soferdig

Soferdig wrote:
As a veterinarian I shall represent the Raccoon. First of all they are very intellegent creatures that I am convinced have thoughts of logic, emotion, and most importantly curiosity. They like us get caught often in that curosity and are quite embarassed. I also feel the movie "the great outdoors" captures their thinking quite astutely. Raccoons enjoy a break-in as much as I enjoy a good movie that makes me laugh, cry, or relate personally to the story. They understand what a thing is by throwing, dropping or breaking it. Sound is a key part of their identification system. Unlike dogs who chew raccoons break to ID. Definatly smell is most encouraging because they don't destroy squirrel stashes, or other wild herbivores houses. They definately focus on human items because it is the video game for them to enjoy, the destruction to log all of those facinating moments in the coon psyche. If Freud were a raccoon he would have had little to understand through family issues, but rather the moments of shame from a too big of leap as a young one into that can of immesurable odor. Or better the moment of a stolen treasure from a Stellars Jay, Raven, or other equally intellegent thief.