Hey Raccoon!

[Duck on Wheels]

When I saw a racoon in the middle of the day when I did the Green Swamp ride a few weeks ago, which did not run off, rabies was the first thing I thought of! But then I saw she had a baby right next to her.

Rabies is what I think of immediately when I see a nocturnal animal out during the day, or an animal that shows no fear of humans.

Nanci

Smart woman! We farm folks back in the day would just throw up our hands in ... i dunno, disgust, alarm, scorn, whateva ... when we heard of city folks driving along, seeing a skunk or a raccoon sitting in the road that wouldn't budge, stopping the car (ok so far) then getting out to "shoo" the animal away. Had they never heard of rabies?!?!? No wonder they got bitten!!! And this would happen up my childhood way every couple'a years. I kid you not. Also people stopping to pick a bouquet of those beautiful shiny red Fall leaves ... of poison oak. City folks. [snort] And now I am one myself, capable even of doing silly dangerous things like feeding the deer in Yosemite Park. Oh well. Naivete has its charm too. Don't wanta get overly cynical about seeing wild animals.