I had to laugh about the bass invasion, because America (at least my part of it, Wisconsin) is battling an invasion of Asian Carp. I suppose that's a trade that neither one of us wanted.
11:41 this is why alot of people highly discourage exotic pets because people think they are cool to keep as pets but turn out that they are alot more high maintenance thus they released them without thinking twice about the reprecussion of releasing invasive species in place's where they don't belong
I got one that I saved from a trash can the summer before last it was apar3ntly a bit undersized and still is I haven't petted it yett but it all but takes food right from my hand and I dare say it recognizes my presence from the other nearby human types and even though my dad tries my thief,king masked amigo any given day is usually around a 6 maybe 8 foot distance from me most of any late afternoon to early morning alot of time we chill fairly close its not quit a pet yett but close ide say me and the racconer are definitly friends any way i know they got a reputation but about 5 maybe6 years before that at my old house I damnd near had 3 of them tammed iam not 100% but 8ve been told its a energy/ animal magnatizam thing any way good facts you put in there the trash can pandas can be a issue cause they are a clever species with brains a bit of ferocity and articulated hands if they were larger we,d probably be the species raiding there trash cans
@Deadcntr I think the foxes, coyotes and coons have been hitting hard the past few years. Idk where you're from, but in Western Pennsylvania I can't even tell you when the last time I saw a ringneck. The neighbor kids had their ducks taken by an American Eagle and I had a black bear on my deck a few years. It's becoming an Alfred Hitchcock movie lately. Lol
@@tommydeamon7657 Just be careful as Racoons are a carrier of Rabies. My niece worked with animal rescue and wildlife rehoming and only those with training and license were allowed to handle racoons because they carry rabies and need caution. A wild animal can not be trusted like a domesticated one. It takes a millennia to make animals trust worthy like cats and dogs. They are cute, but do be careful.
Plus, developments of fake fur that can outlast real fur, is often textually indistinguishable, can be infinitely more able to be customized, and is more affordable. A rare example of big business being able to do some good, both for us and the critters. Meat isn't something that can properly be faked. But... It's possible that it'll be able to be eventually grown from tissue samples, rather than needing to slaughter animals. Farmers and ranchers will still be around in the future. They'll just be doing things differently. I grew up on a farm, and absoutly hate having to deal with cattle. Give me the opportunity to grow steaks and hamburger and whatnot by maintaining a machine and I'll be happy.
The Invasive species problem works both ways. Florida has several problems with invasive species from 18 foot long [5 meters] Burmese Pythons in the Everglades to venomous South Pacific Lionfish invading the coral reefs.
My cousin just found an abandoned red eared slider turtle strolling up her driveway she went around asking the neighbors if someone was missing a turtle she even put up flyers but no one claimed the poor little guy. The turtle is massive! Its the size of a large dinner plate with a cracked shell it was probably run over by a car or abused. Anyway my cousin basically shrugged and was like alright I guess I have a new turtle now its cute though cuz she loves that damn turtle and the turtle loves her it tries to follow her wherever my cousin goes.
There are videos on RU-vid with little pet turtles, placed on mini skateboards. The extra added speed, has these speedy turtles following the household cats. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ysVf39P9yvE.html
My parents have 2 families of raccoons that live in their oak tree in Florida. They come down and wash their hands in the water left out for feral cats or other animals that might need water. Only problem is that they climb down at night and get on the roof. They say it sounds like a disco party up there. They are super cute, though.
I used to have red-eared sliders. They’re really small when they’re sold as pets but grow to the size of dinner plates, so they’re difficult to accommodate long term unless you have your own pond. Unfortunately many people release them into the wild.
Raccoon Dogs A.K.A. a canid related to wolves and foxes, native to Japan and East Asia. Half the size of raccoons and has a much smaller tail. Japanese name, Tanuki.
I once lived in an apartment where I had raccoons living in the space between the roof and the ceiling, I had to set catch-and-release traps. My building backed up to a cow pasture so I got a lot of animal visitors. FYI - when you step on a dead scorpion in bare feet it honestly feels like a rubber toy.
A neighbor told me this morning that last night there was a raccoon playing on my roof last night and I live in a major Western city. We used to have a big sow raccoon that lived on the block. Moonlit nights, she would take her kits up to play on my roof. They were cute little buggers, but the noise of them scurrying around up there frightened my cat.
Regarding raccoons, you can only get so mad at these adorable little bandits. When I was a kid, my friend and I would put out hard boiled eggs out the swimming pool. Watch them come out of the ivy canyon and chow down in the moonlight.
Ironically, bass and trout are being pushed out of their native waters by invasive koi, gold fish, or carp.. invasive snake head fish are also causing issues.
We keep water available and put out dry catfood for feral cats. However we're also feeding raccoons. One momma with 5 babies is so smart she stands on her back feet on the patio door to alert me that she wants more food. She eats right alongside the cats. Beautiful animals!
That's just nature for ya. Nature can be absolutely brutal. Especially the cutesy stuff, because they're the ones that humans have let survive because "aww, ain't that cute..."
There are no nonhuman primates in North America, apart from parts of southern Mexico. In North America, raccoons seem to be occupying any niches that smaller primates would otherwise occupy. They have very dexterous hands, but they lack thumbs. Despite this 'handicap', they do quite well, and have learned to open almost all of the trash containers that have been designed to keep them out. If they ever evolve thumbs, we're in deep, deep trouble. 😉
@@KS-ip5xnThey were imported for the filming of the original Tarzan back in 1930's and went wild 😂 I went on an airboat tour through the area used to film in 1980 and they were all over the place. I was a kid so I loved it 😸
Yes, there are still people who want full mink coats. I live in Dallas, Texas, where it is too hot to ever need a fur coat, but there are people who have them. My mother-in- law had one. I inherited it when she died. I donated it to a local community theater.
Fur is cruel and unnecessary. For small animals, at least 40 are required to make a fur coat! That's why animal rights activists say that if you wear fur you have blood on your hands.
Unnecessary for most. There's still some niche cases where fake fur still needs to catch up, but I have no doubts that it will catch up to those, and eventually make real fur products 100% unnecessary.
The bass all ended up in Lake Biwa. It’s a massive lake that is primarily a sports fishing spot. Lots of bass but maybe some prey stuff. There used to be lots of eels there but that’s gone. Japan currently imports eels from the Chesapeake bay now. That or Florida eel. It’s crazy how much they get from abroad.
13:03 We do seem to have some crazy ass animals! I think Europe has been populated for so long everywhere that people eventually got rid of their crazy ass animals. The US hasn't had that much time and now we do things like conservation. The American Alligator was on its way out when it was saved by being labelled an Endangered Species, plus now it's farmed for the meat and skin so ironically it's made a big comeback. So have cougars and wolves. Too late though for the California Grizzly but there still are grizzlies in the northern states.
Real fur actually blocks the cold wind and traps your body heat in which faux is unable to do and that's why fur coats are still a thing regardless if you live somewhere cold enough to require real fur or not And that's why it's important that if you have a real fur coat that you take good care of it so it lasts as long as possible so you don't need a new one And no those big thick ass winter coats are not the same lol you'll understand if you ever have a chance to try both for a period of time in extremely cold weather
Nothing compares to real fur or real down feathers. You can wear fake for cheap fashion if you want, even though it's far worse for the environment, but the real deal will never be obsolete.
@@robynbeach3198 Nothing yet. Just remember that the best way to get an impossible task done is to tell enough people that it can't be done. Necessity may be the mother of invention, but its father is the challenge of "you can't do this."
@vladyvhv9579 that may be true, but trying to do better than what nature already gave us is literally the reason for almost every problem mankind and her habitat has ever or will ever face.
I live in the northwest part of Austin, Texas. We have raccoons visit on a regular basis. They usually come at night and eat any pet food left out. We keep the lid on our trash bin secured to keep them from digging through the trash and dragging stuff out. Just today we had a mother raccoon come into the backyard about noon; she brought her 4 little ones with her. Wish I could post a picture. They hung out and ate the bird food they could find on the ground.
I have a raccoon family living in the maple tree in my yard. I haven't seen the babies yet, but I can hear them in the tree and I have seen the mother. Now I have to worry about my dog try to catch them. She's fascinated by them and sits at the base of the tree the entire time she's outside.
Do you notice that all of these animals were brought into other countries by businesses that thought they could make money off of them. So its the individual country's greed problem. But we had all of them here and we didn't have any problem.
OMG! LOL! When you said "Oh, is that why? I never knew why they put black paint on their eyes! Is that why? It wasn't just for fashion, style. It actually helped." I about fell out of my chair. Raccoons are born that way. Their fur around their eyes is naturally black. They don't "paint" their eyes, nature does.🤣🤣🤣🤣 The reason racoons put their food in water isn't just to "clean" it. Or even mainly to clean it. Raccoons wash their food to enhance their senses of touch and taste, which helps them understand what they're eating. Raccoons rely on touch to identify food, and wetting their food can help them feel its texture and shape, detect foreign objects, and remove dirt and debris. Wetting their food can also make the skin on their paws more sensitive, which excites nerve endings and gives them more precise information about what they're holding. Studies show that raccoons are more likely to wash their food when it's dry or dirty, and less likely to wash it when it's wet or muddy
A friend of mine used to have a pet bass that he kept in a 55 gallon tank. It was 8 1/2 inches long, and he mostly fed it goldfish, but now and then he would throw it a mouse.
My parents had a pond on their property and I had cousins that would come over and shoot red ear sliders. You couldn't buy enough bullets. They were everywhere.
Years ago my grandpa raised mink & I spent a lot of time with them. DO NOT feel sorry for them!! They are vicious creatures and spray similar to skunks. They will chase & attack, biting until you can get ahold of them! You couldn’t pay me to have a mink coat because I loathe those little assholes!!
I had a pet raccoon when I was a kid. Seriously, it was the funnest pet I have ever had! His name was Critter, and I fed him from an eye dropper to a bottle until he eas ready for solid food. Raccoons don't have saliva glands, so they put all of their food in water to help break it down.
The Trash Panda, definitely.We are also on the receiving end of the invasive species. One is a clam wreaking havoc in the great lakes. Asian carp in the upper mississippi, asian snakehead in the potomac valley, etc, etc
Yo Bro, having the American Crayfish in the UK is not a bad thing at all because they get so much larger in the UK's climate and are so delicious!! That guy's info is disinfo. Many Brits are starting to love them and have made vids about catching and eating them.😋
I would encorage you to come to Springfield, Missouri, the home of the ORIGINAL Bass Pro Shops. One of its many fish tanks is so large that they have a diver go into it to hand feed the fish. You get to watch this from an attached auditorium.
Hey there's a place about an hour away from me in Scotland that gets given the nickname of "dog suicide bridge" and they believe it's due to the smell of mink below the bridge! Personally I've never seen a mink before either tbh (though I've never been to the bridge, though have read lots of stories on it) overtoun bridge it's called.
We have a boat load of raccoons here in Mn. Every night they climb onto the deck (no stairs to the ground) to eat the cat food left out for the outdoor cats (we live in the country). Have also had to start bringing in the hummingbird feeder at night as well as the suet block for the woodpeckers, or the raccoons will eat them all. I hear they fighting out there pretty much every night. It’s not a pretty sound. My mom has trapped a few and taken them to a nature preserve (along with a bunch of possums) as there are just too many, and they eat up all the cat food so the cats don’t get any, and climb all over the shed, getting into things. She just has to be careful not to take any females as we don’t know if they have babies this time of year. Also the fur trade is very much alive. While not as popular as it used to be, it’s still ongoing, altho I’m guessing the way they dispatch the animals has probably changed from 50 yrs ago. While I don’t necessarily like the practice, I see it no different than wearing various leather products made from cow and other animals. I just hope they utilize all the animal for something and not just the fur. That I don’t agree with. People just dislike it b/c fur animals look cute and cuddly. As another poster mentioned, if you live anywhere it’s really cold……..real fur will keep you warmer than synthetic. So I don’t see the end to the practice anytime soon as there is still a market for it. It’s not just for fashion, like what caused it to rise in popularity 50 yrs ago.
Not saying a turtle can't catch a bird, but they might mean it catches baby ducklings (i.e. birds). Prob not catching sparrows, although that *could* happen
When a turtle gets big enough, it could ambush smaller and mid-sized waterfowl. Most likely, they'd attack the legs, causing the bird to panic and thus not giving the bird a chance to take off.
In February 2024, Iain Jenkins, a raccoon rescuer from Hartlepool, UK, was involved in a search for a fugitive raccoon in Sunderland. Jenkins, who also has four raccoons as pets, said that raccoons can escape from traps and that it was important to act quickly.
Mink barely exists anymore in South Dakota. They’ve all been trapped out and have no habitats to survive in. The beaver, badger and wood chucks are almost gone too. Raccoons on the other hand… there are hundreds of them and they’re sneaky and annoying. If you leave a water bowl out they like to wash their hands in it, then flip the bowl over. Possums are wonderful. They snack on ticks and bugs and are a timid, helpful creatures.
When I went on a family camping trip as a child a raccoon managed to open our tub of hot chocolate in the middle of the night. My dad looked out of the tent and the raccoon popped its head out of the hot chocolate powder and hissed at him. We let it have the cocoa.
Racoons may be troublesome but extremely cute. Not the rabies version though. They are my favorite animal. If you want a video to make your day. Watch a racoon try to wash its food (cotton candy/Candy Floss).
Not so cute when they tear their way into your house or growl and attack if you accidentally corner them. The babies are little cute balls of fur but, sadly, they grow up to be destructive and dangerous. They will also kill cats that they have previously eaten along side when they have babies and feel territorial to make sure they have enough food for their own babies. Keep your cats inside and do not encourage wild animals to come up near your home or animals please.
Raccoons are smart enough to know that they need to unlock the trash bins to open them up lol they're adorable little guys but they make taking out the trash at night a nightmare I gotta wake up EARLY to take the bins out in the morning otherwise no matter what I try they figure out how to get into the bin and make a mess and the garbage man just skips my house and then I gotta clean up the trash and hang on to it until the next trash day 😭
Hank Green proposed that rather than raising beef as something we eat anytime we want, we should have special holidays, "beef days," so we can really appreciate the whole ranching industry and life of the cow. The beef industry is also a huge part of global warming and use a ton of farmland, so it would be better for humankind overall.
When I was 30 I used my mother’s mink coat to go to a really fancy function in the winter. Never wore it again, I felt like a bear! We have wonderful fabrics now, we don’t need fur. All furs must be stored properly to stay supple. Generally that means you must pay for a temperature controlled facility🤦🏻♀️
You should care whether the coat you're getting is fake fur or real fur. ALWAYS choose the fake fur. There are plenty alternatives to any animal product, including food.
I had red-eared turtles as a pet, when I was a kid. Yeah, they go after small animals. We used have two chihuahuas. I guess one of the had gotten too close to their tank. Soon enough, we only had one and yet one very large turtle!!!
In the US, the English brought the Red Fox for sport, which is still present, and has out-competed many of the local species. The Rabbit was introduced to Australia by the English, and is a problem there. Lots of this stupidity has gone on in the past and, unfortunately, still goes on because of the "pet" market.
Turtles - if there are no natural predators for them they would strip all the vegetation away and change the balanced ECO system that is currently in place. It is called the circle of life.
I have a family of raccoons in my "unused" space.. house started life as a trailer.... so putting a peaked and shingled roof left space between the old roof and the new one.... their nest or den is right above my bedroom, so i usually know when they're active or raising kits or even having problems (like finding enough food in winter) because im so used to the different sounds they make.... I love my trash pandas lol.... we intentionally leave food for them in winter like catfood mixed with last night's dinner scraps.... their FAVORITE lol.... they ADORE wet cat food mixed with chicken or turkey scraps 🦝.... Weirdly.... anyone who has been to mammoth caves in Kentucky, if you stay in the motel with sliding doors that back up to the woods..... saltwater taffy.... the office used to run specials on it.... the raccoons will literally come and knock on the glass door and beg for taffy.... you pull a bit out and dangle it.... they pull off as much as they want and wander off to share with friends lmao 🤣
Raccoons wash foods and objects, because the water softens the skin on their hands, allowing them to feel the objects better. It's a combination of enjoyment of tactile sensations and curiosity.
