Comments on: Readers Cameraphone Extra: “I Named My Rabid SEPTA Raccoon ‘Patches!’”

By: expat attack

expat attack — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:17:55 +0000

Raccoon’s heard the libraries/pools were closing and started hanging out in subways instead.

By: mcknappers

mcknappers — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:02:02 +0000

And how does this related to the budget crisis exactly? Do you think there were once racoon catchers that have since been layed off?

By: dUb-iLL

dUb-iLL — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:49:40 +0000

This post gives me the Hoo-Boo-Geeb-Ieeezz!

By: lord_whimsy

lord_whimsy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:40:46 +0000

Eh, it’s just a raccoon kit–little guy. Wouldn’t feed him, though. Buggers can get brazen. And big.

Further evidence that the denatured 20th century city is becoming a thing of the past; nature’s creeping back into the urban hardscape. London’s full of foxes right now. It’s generally a good thing. Just watch your fingers.

Trivia: The word raccoon is derived from the Algonquin word ahrah-koon-em, which was the pronunciation used by Chief Powhatan and his daughter Pocahontas, meaning “[the] one who rubs, scrubs and scratches with its hands”.

By: steadyrain

steadyrain — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:00:50 +0000

Also would’ve accepted: “I call the big one Bitey.”

By: tips

tips — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:54:32 +0000

Glowing eyes.

By: annelynn

annelynn — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:50:41 +0000

How do we know this racoon had rabies?