Raccoons
 Picture courtesy of Michael J. Von Gebel |
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These young baby males were
accompanied by an older male. They would come down at night to
feed on seed and nuts at our feeder.
The one looking at the camera I named
Though previously thought to be
solitary, there is now evidence that raccoons engage in
gender-specific social behavior. Related females often share a
common area, while unrelated males live together in groups of up
to four animals to maintain their positions against foreign
males during the mating season, and other potential invaders.
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