1) Raccoons are distant relatives of bears.
2) The female feeds her offspring 24 times a day.
3) Vision and hearing in babies appears only in the third week of life.
4) On the legs of a raccoon there are thousands of tactile receptors, with their help the animal is able to identify an object, even without looking at it. In water, the action of receptors only intensifies, so raccoons have such a love of rinsing.
5) The joints of the hind legs of raccoons bend 180 degrees.
6) Raccoons are one of the few mammals that are able to descend from a height upside down.
7) In case of danger, the mother-raccoon has about 12 holes for the emergency resettlement of her cubs.
8) In winter, raccoons hibernate, their sleep is not deep, they often wake up. Although in the southern regions, animals do not sleep at all in winter.
9) To survive the winter, the raccoon must gain 30% of its usual mass.
10) Sometimes up to 10 raccoons winter in a large hollow or nest.
11) Raccoons never dig holes for themselves, they prefer to occupy strangers. But the hollow of trees is more preferable for them.
12) Beautiful night vision and vibrations on the stomach and near the claws allow the raccoon to gallop in complete darkness.
13) When a raccoon is in danger, from which he cannot fight back, run away or hide, he pretends to be dead.
14) Raccoons can jump from a height of 8-12 meters, without damaging anything to themselves.
15) In captivity, raccoons live for more than 20 years.
2) The female feeds her offspring 24 times a day.
4) On the legs of a raccoon there are thousands of tactile receptors, with their help the animal is able to identify an object, even without looking at it. In water, the action of receptors only intensifies, so raccoons have such a love of rinsing.
5) The joints of the hind legs of raccoons bend 180 degrees.
6) Raccoons are one of the few mammals that are able to descend from a height upside down.
7) In case of danger, the mother-raccoon has about 12 holes for the emergency resettlement of her cubs.
8) In winter, raccoons hibernate, their sleep is not deep, they often wake up. Although in the southern regions, animals do not sleep at all in winter.
9) To survive the winter, the raccoon must gain 30% of its usual mass.
10) Sometimes up to 10 raccoons winter in a large hollow or nest.
11) Raccoons never dig holes for themselves, they prefer to occupy strangers. But the hollow of trees is more preferable for them.
12) Beautiful night vision and vibrations on the stomach and near the claws allow the raccoon to gallop in complete darkness.
13) When a raccoon is in danger, from which he cannot fight back, run away or hide, he pretends to be dead.
14) Raccoons can jump from a height of 8-12 meters, without damaging anything to themselves.
15) In captivity, raccoons live for more than 20 years.
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