Cuter and closer: Raccoons may be on their way to becoming America's next pet (domestication) 🦝

[45cal1911]

A psychedelic trip is reality. It’s happening in the same brain as the “sober” state. It’s as real and “normal” consciousness. Also you wouldn’t know normal is best if you haven’t tried a psychedelic.

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I see your point. I don’t think we need to domesticate raccoons but I think this article is showing that we are trying to domesticate them, they seem to be going through that process just by being around humans, not even being deliberately manipulated. That’s what’s going on here, we aren’t gonna make raccoons the next dog. I think the headline on this article is misleading and over the top but it was the headline of the article

Back tracking now?

 

[Htos1av]

Not happening-BIG f'ers here in Florida. Armadillo's, hogs, and gators too.

 

[Shadowman13]

I see your point. I don’t think we need to domesticate raccoons but I think this article is showing that we are trying to domesticate them, they seem to be going through that process just by being around humans, not even being deliberately manipulated. That’s what’s going on here, we aren’t gonna make raccoons the next dog. I think the headline on this article is misleading and over the top but it was the headline of the article

Ahh yes, I see what you mean. It's passive domestication from being in close proximity to humans. No need to go scrounging for food in the forest if there are dumpsters with leftovers to be scavenged. Why build a nest in a log if you can camp out in someone's shed? An indirect consequence of humans creeping into wild territory. Or maybe it's that raccoons see the value living near humans, after all, I hear they're pretty smart.