Raccoons Evidently Digging 4th Avenue
We’ve heard reports of four separate raccoon sightings on or near 4th Avenue over the past week. Three of the sightings were on Carroll Street—one guy says he saw a raccoon scurrying from the stalled construction site on the corner of Carroll out onto the avenue—while the fourth was close to the entrance of J.J….
We’ve heard reports of four separate raccoon sightings on or near 4th Avenue over the past week. Three of the sightings were on Carroll Street—one guy says he saw a raccoon scurrying from the stalled construction site on the corner of Carroll out onto the avenue—while the fourth was close to the entrance of J.J. Byrne Park on 3rd Street. The iPhone pic to the right was captured two nights ago by one of the employees of the car service on Carroll and 4th. The driver says the raccoon hissed at him when he was going in for the close-up. GMAP
Sad that they have to live on a rooftop and in a drain pipe and not in the forest somewhere. But I bet there’s more food for them in the city.
I went to the restaurant at Le Blue recently, and saw a whole family of them on the roof below us. I think it was the roof of the taxi garage. There were about four babies (very cute) and a mama going in and out of a drain pipe.
There have been racoons further south of there for years. I used to see huge nurseries of them all the time by the train tracks next to the 38th St. BQE exit. One got into my backyard once and tore apart my plants, tv/internet cable, etc.
Racoons carry many diseases and they are skilled with their razor sharp claws which are lethal. It’s probably best to not get close enough for an iphone pic (ESPECIALLY if it’s hissing at you). Definitely keep your pets away from them.
Raccoons… pretty cute. The über-creepy nocturnal animal is, hands down, the opossum! They’re just such odd, creepy creatures and they have this certain glow under sodium light.
or they could be on meth
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Arkady is right.
They’re nocturnal. If you see them in the daylight they might be rabid.
it was awesome in Super Mario Brothers 3 on the NES when you got the racoon suit and could fly!
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Raccooons are incredibly clean. They prefer to wash any food in water before they eat it.