Racoon Demonstrates Problem Solving Skills | Earth Unplugged

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[siigull]

I went backpacking with some friends, but one night a raccoon raided one of our kids backpack. all it took was some beef sticks, peanut butter cups, and some protien bars. Now there is a ripped raccoon going around the forest beating up the other animals for their lunch money.

[susanlong]

LOVE it! We had a pet raccoon when I was a kid. When we went on vacation, we left it with my best friend whose mom was my mom's best friend and was absolutely crazy!! By the time we got home, Karyl had taught our pet to sit up at the table -- on a chair -- and, using a spoon, eat ice cream from a bowl!!! They are SO smart!!!

[secretagentpasta]

Raccoons are just at another level. You cant even get angry at them for stealing your food because they are just too cute ♥️

[MissPersia]

I was always scared of Raccoons due to other people advise, but last summer a mother raccoon came to me with 4 beautiful babies. Since then 5 of them became my best friends.Sometimes they come behind the window just to check up on me. Every night at 10 PM we have gathering. A glass of wine for me and big bowl of cat food and veggies for them. We spend an hour together.I have learned so much about them. Their palm of their hand feels like pure silk, the most softest one. One of them has to take my hand in her/ his hand while eating. I will not change the feeling with billions of dollars.

[MrLinguist]

0:36 I wouldn't open any doors for such a treat...

[mwiilldo]

It's all fun and games till raccoons start robbing us.

[Fatherofheroesandheroines]

The fact that their playing the theme from the Great Escape just makes this so much more awesome

[johnmcgarity]

Had one in high school, he managed to open up a sliding glass door and a screen door and he was gone never to be seen again. Very smart and determined creatures!

[jimlaw]

"This final one she can't actually see."
Yes, her vision of the latch must be completely blocked by that piece of totally clear Perspex. Especially at 1:54 where she's looking right at it. I think the racoon may be smarter than the narrator here.

[georgeb.wolffsohn]

We had a male raccoon when. I was in my early 20's. My sister brought it home. It was a very tiny baby . As it grew it went from one " animal proof" cage to another, unlocking each as he figured it out. Finally, I built a large cage 6' x 6' x 6 ' and it was locked with a combination lock. But whenever I came to feed him he watched me studiously hoping to figure it out. That was the only one that stopped him.

[probrotipstv]

I remember one time camping with my girlfriend a Racoon came up to our camping table while we were in the tent and stole half a pan of pot brownies... There was one stoned raccoon in those woods that night

[faizanzubair]

Imagine if the roles were reversed, and raccoons were the smartest animal on the planet, and humans weren't. And they caught a wild human, and filmed it doing their taxes, with narration of "can he do it". LOL

Edit: Wow, has it really been 4 years?

[mtkoslowski]

The ‘GREAT ESCAPE’ theme music - appropriate enough! 😁

[porpus]

Raccoons can be one of the more challenging animals to catch because of how smart they are. The company i work for use live traps to safely catch and relocate raccoons, but if a raccoon has dealt with one of those traps before they will avoid it. Often times start flipping traps or reaching in through the bars to get the food.

[jonathanmosher]

Human: Go through the puzzle and get a treat
Raccoon: Broccoli? All this for Broccoli!

[renc]

"Remember Sly, you can stand in front of doors and press the circle button to open them"

[KjllrUnjcrn]

About a decade ago, I was taking out the trash, and my community started putting clamp locks on the trash cans. That night I saw a family or heard, not sure what to call it but about 3 raccoons standing around my trash. The biggest one was right in front and had it’s paw on its face while the other two were standing on two leaning on each side of the trash can. The big one made a high pitch noise and the two on the side shook my bin until it had fallen forward all three approached the trash and started chewing on the clamp. Then the biggest one put its paw under the latch and popped it straight open letting the weight of the trash and gravity do some work. Talk about team work I was so amazed at the thought process and execution of the task I threw out some chicken breast scraps from my place. Unfortunately they picked up the scraps and ran away before I could snag a good picture. And unfortunately left me with quite a bit of trash to pick up but boy oh boy was that interesting to see.

[Klendathu_Hotdrop]

The Great Escape - Title Music in the backround. This is Gold

[kristinemcgill]

What was astonishing to me is she eats broccoli! None of the multiple ones I know would eat that, or carrots...Mine also have a sense of humor. They pick stuff up off the outside table, and carefully place it insight, but just out of reach on the roof. One time, they grabbed my headlamp and took it up the tree. I am sure my neighbors think I'm crazy - talking to the tree - 'you little butt heads, give that back right now!!' As soon as I wasn't looking, they flung it down at me.

[Jeff-BrokenJaw]

I made a wooden box with a door that locked with a lever that had to be lifted to keep raccoons out of the cat food. Silly me. Came out the next day and the door was open and cat food gone. Now I see how much I underestimated them.